USS Macon (PF-96)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Macon.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | USS Macon |
| Namesake: | Macon, Georgia |
| Builder: | American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio (proposed) |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Reclassified: | From patrol gunboat, PG-204, to patrol frigate, PF-96, 15 April 1943 |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 31 December 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
| Length: | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft 11 in (11.56 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 190 |
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USS Macon (PF-96) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate authorized for construction during World War II but cancelled before construction could begin.
Macon originally was authorized as a patrol gunboat with the hull number PG-204, but she was redesignated as a patrol frigate with the hull number PF-96 on 15 April 1943. She was assigned the name Macon on 30 August 1943.
Plans called for Macon to be built under a Maritime Commission contract by the American Shipbuilding Company at Lorain, Ohio, as a Maritime Commission Type T. S2-S2-AQ1 hull. However, the contract for her construction for the U.S. Navy was cancelled on 31 December 1943 prior to the laying of her keel.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online Frigate (PF) Index
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