USS Milledgeville (PF-94)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Milledgeville.
USS Milledgeville (PF-94), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Milledgeville, Georgia.
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Builder | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
Laid down | 9 November 1943 |
Launched | 5 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 18 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 21 August 1946 |
Renamed | Milledgevill, 7 February 1944 |
Stricken | 23 April 1947 |
Fate | Scrapped, 25 March 1948 |
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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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