Patrol Frigates
(PF)
Most recent update: April 26, 2015.
In WWII, MARCOM, acting on behalf of the Navy, contracted with eight shipbuilders for the construction of 100 300-foot patrol frigates, of a design - designated S2-S2-AQ1 - that was based on the Royal Navy's River-class corvette, of which two had already been bought from Canadian Vickers. Four of the 100 were later cancelled, leaving a total fleet of 98. of this fleet, 37 were almost immediately transferred to the Department of Commerce for service as weather ships; the 21 built in Providence RI by Walsh-Kaiser were re-designated Colony-class frigates and delivered to the RN; 28 were transferred to the U.S.S.R. when the war ended; 6 went to other nations and 6 were scrapped. Since the war, the Navy has not built any patrol frigates for its own use, preferring smaller vessels. In the 1960s and 70s, however, six ships were built to essentially the same design, four for Iran and two for Thailand.
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| Name | Customer | Builder | LDT | LOA | Delivered | Notes | |||
| PF-1 | Adur/Asheville | US Navy | Canadian Vickers | 155 | 2,360 | 301 | 1 Dec 1942 | to Argentina 1946 as Hercules (P-31), Juan B. Azobardo (GC-11) 1961 | |
| PF-2 | Annan/Natchez | US Navy | Canadian Vickers | 156 | 2,360 | 301 | 16 Dec 1942 | to Dom. Rep. 1948 as Juan Pablo Duarte (F-102), wrecked 1949, restored as yacht Moineau | |
| PF-3 | Tacoma | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 46 | 1,420 | 304 | 6 Nov 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-12, to Korea 1951 as Tae Tong (F-63), museum 1973 | |
| PF-4 | Sausalito | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 47 | 1,420 | 304 | 4 Mar 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-13, to Korea 1952 as Im Chin (F-66), scrapped 1973 | |
| PF-5 | Hoquiam | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 48 | 1,420 | 304 | 8 May 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-14, to Korea 1951 as Nak Tong (F-65), scrapped 1973 | |
| PF-6 | Pasco | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 49 | 1,420 | 304 | 15 Apr 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-15, to Japan 1953 as Kashi (PF-283), to Korea 1969 for parts, converted to floating pier | |
| PF-7 | Albuquerque | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 50 | 1,420 | 304 | 20 Dec 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-16, to Japan 1953 as Tochi (PF-296), scrapped 1971 | |
| PF-8 | Everett | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 51 | 1,420 | 304 | 22 Jan 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-17, to Japan 1953 as Kiri (PF-291), scrapped 1972 | |
| PF-9 | Pocatello | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 52 | 1,420 | 304 | 18 Feb 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-10 | Brownsville | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 53 | 1,420 | 304 | 6 May 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-11 | Grand Forks | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 54 | 1,420 | 304 | 18 Mar 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-12 | Casper | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 55 | 1,420 | 304 | 31 Mar 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-13 | Pueblo | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 56 | 1,420 | 304 | 27 May 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Dom. Rep. 1947 as Presidente Troncoso (F-103), Gregario Lupon 1962, scrapped 1982 | |
| PF-14 | Grand Island | US Navy | Kaiser Richmond | 57 | 1,420 | 304 | 27 May 1944 | to Cuba 1947 as Maximo Gomez (F-303), struck 1964, wreck in Mariel Bay | |
| PF-15 | Annapolis | US Navy | AmShip Lorain | 842 | 1,420 | 304 | 4 Jul 1944 | to Mexico 1947 as General Vicente Guerrero, Rio Usumacinta, scrapped 1964 | |
| PF-16 | Bangor | US Navy | AmShip Lorain | 843 | 1,420 | 304 | 22 Aug 1944 | to Mexico 1947 as General Jose Maria Morelos, Golfo de Tehuantepec, scrapped 1964 | |
| PF-17 | Key West | US Navy | AmShip Lorain | 844 | 1,420 | 304 | 7 Aug 1944 | weather ship 1945, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-18 | Alexandria | US Navy | AmShip Lorain | 845 | 1,420 | 304 | 11 Mar 1945 | weather ship 1945, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-19 | Huron | US Navy | AmShip Clevel'd | 1011 | 1,420 | 304 | 7 Sep 1944 | damaged 1944, repaired, sold for scrap 1947 but converted to coastal passenger ship Jose Marcelino (Brazil), scrapped 1965 | |
| PF-20 | Gulfport | US Navy | AmShip Clevel'd | 1012 | 1,420 | 304 | 16 Sep 1944 | weather ship 1945, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-21 | Bayonne | US Navy | AmShip Clevel'd | 1013 | 1,420 | 304 | 14 Feb 1945 | to USSR 1945 as EK-24 1945, to Japan 1953 as Buna (PF-294) 1953, scrapped 1972 | |
| PF-22 | Gloucester | US Navy | Butler Superior | 19 | 1,420 | 304 | 10 Dec 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-26, to Japan 1853 as Tsuge (PF-292), struck 1970, to Korea 1973 for spare parts | |
| PF-23 | Shreveport | US Navy | Butler Superior | 20 | 1,420 | 304 | 24 Apr 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-24 | Muskegon | US Navy | Butler Superior | 21 | 1,420 | 304 | 16 Dec 1943 | weather ship 1944, to USCG 1946 as WPF-24, to France 1947 as Mermoz (F-14), scrapped 1958 | |
| PF-25 | Charlottesville | US Navy | Butler Superior | 22 | 1,420 | 304 | 10 Apr 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-1, to Japan 1953 as Maki (PF-298), scrapped 1972 | |
| PF-26 | Poughkeepsie | US Navy | Butler Superior | 23 | 1,420 | 304 | 6 Sep 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-25, to Japan 1953 as Momi (PF-284), to Korea 1969 for spare parts, scrapped 1972 | |
| PF-27 | Newport | US Navy | Butler Superior | 24 | 1,420 | 304 | 8 Sep 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-27, to Japan 1953 as Kaede (PF-293) | |
| PF-28 | Emporia | US Navy | Butler Superior | 25 | 1,420 | 304 | 12 Jun 1944 | weather ship 1944, to France 1945 as Le Verrier, scrapped 1958 | |
| PF-29 | Groton | US Navy | Butler Superior | 26 | 1,420 | 304 | 5 Sep 1944 | to Colombia 1947 as Almirante Padilla (FG 11), struck 1965 | |
| PF-30 | Hingham | US Navy | Butler Superior | 27 | 1,420 | 304 | 3 Nov 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-31 | Grand Rapids | US Navy | Butler Superior | 28 | 1,420 | 304 | 26 Oct 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-32 | Woonsocket | US Navy | Butler Superior | 29 | 1,420 | 304 | 27 Jul 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Peru 1947 as Tenente Galvez (F-1) 1947, scrapped 1961 | |
| PF-33 | Dearborn | US Navy | Butler Superior | 30 | 1,420 | 304 | 17 Jul 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-34 | Long Beach | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 519 | 1,420 | 304 | 8 Sep 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-2, to Japan 1953 as Shii (PF-17), scrapped 1970 | |
| PF-35 | Belfast | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 520 | 1,420 | 304 | 24 Nov 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-3, lost 1948 | |
| PF-36 | Glendale | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 521 | 1,420 | 304 | 1 Oct 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-4, to Thailand 1951 as Tachin (F-1), scrapped 1977 | |
| PF-37 | San Pedro | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 522 | 1,420 | 304 | 23 Oct 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-5, to Japan 1953 as Kaya (PF-288), sunk as target 1979 | |
| PF-38 | Coronado | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 523 | 1,420 | 304 | 17 Nov 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-6, to Japan 1953 as Sugi (PF-285), scrapped 1970 | |
| PF-39 | Ogden | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 524 | 1,420 | 304 | 20 Dec 1943 | to USSR 1945 as EK-7, to Japan 1953 as Kusu (PF-281), scrapped 1977 | |
| PF-40 | Eugene | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 525 | 1,420 | 304 | 15 Jan 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Cuba 1957 as Jose Marti (F-301), hulked 1976 | |
| PF-41 | El Paso | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 526 | 1,420 | 304 | 1 Dec 1943 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-42 | Van Buren | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 527 | 1,420 | 304 | 17 Dec 1943 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-43 | Orange | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 528 | 1,420 | 304 | 1 Jan 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-44 | Corpus Christi | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 529 | 1,420 | 304 | 29 Jan 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-45 | Hutchinson | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 530 | 1,420 | 304 | 3 Feb 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Mexico 1947 as General Hermenegildo Galeono, Golfo de California, scrapped 1964 | |
| PF-46 | Bisbee | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 531 | 1,420 | 304 | 15 Feb 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-18, to Colombia 1952 as Capitan Tono (FG 12), scrapped 1962 | |
| PF-47 | Gallup | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 532 | 1,420 | 304 | 29 Feb 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-19, to Thailand 1951 as Prasae (F-2), inactive 1972 | |
| PF-48 | Rockford | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 533 | 1,420 | 304 | 6 Mar 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-20, to Korea 1950 as Apnok (F-62), sunk as target 1953 | |
| PF-49 | Muskogee | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 534 | 1,420 | 304 | 16 Mar 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-21, to Korea 1950 as Du Man (F-61), scrapped 1972 | |
| PF-50 | Carson City | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 535 | 1,420 | 304 | 24 Mar 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-22, to Japan 1953 as Sakura (PF-290), hulked 1966 | |
| PF-51 | Burlington | US Navy | Consol. Wilm. | 536 | 1,420 | 304 | 3 Apr 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-23, to Colombia 1953 as Almirante Brion (FG 14), scrapped 1968 | |
| PF-52 | Allentown | US Navy | Froemming | 9 | 1,420 | 304 | 24 Mar 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-8, to Japan 1953 as Ume (PF-289), scrapped 1971 | |
| PF-53 | Machias | US Navy | Froemming | 10 | 1,420 | 304 | 29 Mar 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-9, to Japan 1953 as Nara (PF-282), scrapped 1969 | |
| PF-54 | Sandusky | US Navy | Froemming | 11 | 1,420 | 304 | 18 Apr 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-10, to Japan 1953 as Nire (PF-287), scrapped 1970 | |
| PF-55 | Bath | US Navy | Froemming | 12 | 1,420 | 304 | 1 Sep 1944 | to USSR 1945 as EK-11, to Japan 1953 as Matsu (PF-286), scrapped 1966 | |
| PF-56 | Covington | US Navy | Globe SB | 110 | 1,420 | 304 | 7 Aug 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Ecuador 1947 as Guayas (E-21), struck 1974 | |
| PF-57 | Sheboygan | US Navy | Globe SB | 111 | 1,420 | 304 | 14 Oct 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Belgium 1946 as Luitenant ter Zee Victor Billet (F-910), scrapped 1959 | |
| PF-58 | Abilene | US Navy | Globe SB | 112 | 1,420 | 304 | 28 Oct 1944 | weather ship 1944, to the Netherlands 1947 as Cirrus, scrapped 1962 | |
| PF-59 | Beaufort | US Navy | Globe SB | 113 | 1,420 | 304 | 28 Aug 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-60 | Charlotte | US Navy | Globe SB | 114 | 1,420 | 304 | 9 Oct 1944 | weather ship 1944, sold for scrap 1947 but converted to a coastal passenger ship for Brazil, scrapped 1965 | |
| PF-61 | Manitowoc | US Navy | Globe SB | 115 | 1,420 | 304 | 5 Dec 1944 | weather ship 1944, to France 1947 as Le Brix (F-15), scrapped 1958 | |
| PF-62 | Gladwyne | US Navy | Globe SB | 116 | 1,420 | 304 | 18 Aug 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Mexico 1947 as General Nicolas Bravo, Rio Papaloapan, scrapped 1964 | |
| PF-63 | Moberly | US Navy | Globe SB | 117 | 1,420 | 304 | 30 Aug 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-64 | Knoxville | US Navy | Smith SB | 307 | 1,420 | 304 | 29 Apr 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Dominican Republic 1947 as Presidente Peynado (F-104), scrapped 1982 | |
| PF-65 | Chattanooga | US Navy | Smith SB | 308 | 1,420 | 304 | 15 Sep 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Argentina 1947 as Sarandi (P-33), scrapped 1968 | |
| PF-66 | Reading | US Navy | Smith SB | 309 | 1,420 | 304 | 19 Aug 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Argentina 1947 as Heroina (P-32), scrapped 1966 | |
| PF-67 | Peoria | US Navy | Smith SB | 310 | 1,420 | 304 | 15 Oct 1944 | weather ship 1944, to Cuba 1947 as Antonio Maceo (F-302), scrapped 1976 | |
| PF-68 | Brunswick | US Navy | Smith SB | 311 | 1,420 | 304 | 3 Oct 1944 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-69 | Davenport | US Navy | Smith SB | 312 | 1,420 | 304 | 15 Feb 1945 | weather ship 1944, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-70 | Evansville | US Navy | Smith SB | 313 | 1,420 | 304 | 4 Dec 1944 | to USSR as EK-28 1945, to Japan 1953 as Keyaki (PF-295), scrapped 1977 | |
| PF-71 | New Bedford | US Navy | Smith SB | 314 | 1,420 | 304 | 17 Jul 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-72 | Hallowel | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1654 | 1,420 | 304 | 15 Oct 1943 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Anguilla (K-500), returned 1946, scrapped 1949 | |
| PF-73 | Hammond | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1655 | 1,420 | 304 | 4 Nov 1943 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Antigua (K-501), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-74 | Hargood | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1656 | 1,420 | 304 | 24 Nov 1943 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Ascension (K-502), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-75 | Hotham | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1657 | 1,420 | 304 | 6 Dec 1943 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Bahamas (K-503), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-76 | Halsted | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1658 | 1,420 | 304 | 18 Dec 1943 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Barbados (K-504), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-77 | Hannam | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1659 | 1,420 | 304 | 31 Dec 1943 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Caicos (K-505), to Argentina 1947 as Santisima Trinidad (P-34), Comodoro Augusto Laserre (Q-9), scrapped 1970 | |
| PF-78 | Harland | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1660 | 1,420 | 304 | 20 Jan 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Cayman (K-506), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-79 | Harnam | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1661 | 1,420 | 304 | 25 Jan 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Dominica (K-507), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-80 | Harvey | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1662 | 1,420 | 304 | 5 Feb 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Gold Coast (K-584), renamed HMS Labuan, returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-81 | Holmes | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1663 | 1,420 | 304 | 12 Aug 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Hong Kong (K-585), renamed HMS Tobago, returned 1946, to Egypt 1947, scuttled in the Suez Canal 1956 | |
| PF-82 | Hornby | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1664 | 1,420 | 304 | 31 Aug 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Montserrat (K-586), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-83 | Hoste | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1665 | 1,420 | 304 | 31 Jul 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Nyasaland (K-587), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-84 | Howett | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1666 | 1,420 | 304 | 25 Jul 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Papua (K-588), returned 1946, to Egypt 1947, scuttled in the Suez Canal 1956 | |
| PF-85 | Pilford | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1667 | 1,420 | 304 | 6 Jul 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Pitcairn (K-589), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-86 | Pasley | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1668 | 1,420 | 304 | 19 Feb 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS St. Helena (K-590), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-87 | Patton | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1669 | 1,420 | 304 | 18 Jul 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Sarawak (K-591), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-88 | Pearl | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1670 | 1,420 | 304 | 27 Jun 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Seychelles (K-592), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-89 | Phillimore | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1671 | 1,420 | 304 | 16 Mar 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Sierra Leone (K-593), renamed HMS Perim, returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-90 | Popham | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1672 | 1,420 | 304 | 24 Jun 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Somaliland (K-594), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-91 | Peyton | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1673 | 1,420 | 304 | 15 May 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Tortola (K-595), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-92 | Prowse | US Navy | Walsh-Kaiser | 1674 | 1,420 | 304 | 21 Jun 1944 | to Britain 1944 as HMS Zanzibar (K-596), returned 1946, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-93 | Roanoke/Lorain | US Navy | AmShip Lorain | 846 | 1,420 | 304 | 15 Jan 1945 | weather ship 1945, to France 1947 as Laplace, sunk by a WWII mine 1950 | |
| PF-94 | Sitka | US Navy | AmShip Lorain | 847 | 1,420 | 304 | 18 Jan 1945 | weather ship 1945, scrapped 1948 | |
| PF-99 | Orlando | US Navy | AmShip Clevel'd | 1014 | 1,420 | 304 | 11 Nov 1944 | weather ship 1945, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-100 | Racine | US Navy | AmShip Clevel'd | 1015 | 1,420 | 304 | 22 Jan 1945 | weather ship 1945, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-101 | Greensboro | US Navy | AmShip Clevel'd | 1016 | 1,420 | 304 | 29 Jan 1945 | weather ship 1945, scrapped 1947 | |
| PF-102 | Forsyth | US Navy | AmShip Clevel'd | 1017 | 1,420 | 304 | 11 Feb 1945 | weather ship 1945, to the Netherlands 1947 as Cumulus, scrapped 1962 | |
| Patrol Frigates Built Since WWII | |||||||||
| PF-103 | Bayandor | Iranian Navy | Levingston SB | 641 | 1,540 | 300 | 18 May 1964 | F-25 | |
| PF-104 | Naghdi | Iranian Navy | Levingston SB | 642 | 1,540 | 300 | 22 Jul 1964 | F-26 | |
| PF-105 | Milanian | Iranian Navy | Levingston SB | 668 | 1,540 | 300 | 10 Dec 1968 | F-27, sunk 1982 | |
| PF-106 | Kahnamuie | Iranian Navy | Levingston SB | 669 | 1,540 | 300 | 26 Jan 1969 | F-28, sunk 1982 | |
| PF-107 | Tapi | Thai Navy | AmShip Toledo | 199 | 1,172 | 300 | 1 Nov 1971 | PF-5 | |
| PF-108 | Khirarat | Thai Navy | Norshipco | 1,172 | 300 | 10 Aug 1974 | PF-6 | ||