USS Sheboygan
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USS Sheboygan (PF-57) was a Tacoma-class frigate of the United States Navy which was later transferred to the Belgian Navy as Lieutenant ter zee Victor Billet.
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Luitenant ter zee Victor Billet in Belgian service | |
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United States | |
Name | Sheboygan |
Namesake | City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
Builder | Globe Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 17 April 1943 |
Launched | 31 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 26 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1 June 1944 |
Recommissioned | 14 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 9 August 1946 |
Identification | PF-57 |
Fate | Sold to Belgium, 19 March 1947 |
Belgium | |
Name | Luitenant ter zee Victor Billet |
Acquired | 19 March 1947 |
Stricken | 1957 |
Identification | F 910 |
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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 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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