Allied Warships

USS Gladwyne (PF-62)

Frigate of the Tacoma class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassTacoma 
PennantPF-62 
Built byGlobe Shipbuilding Co. (Superior, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Oct 1943 
Launched7 Jan 1944 
Commissioned21 Nov 1944 
End service15 Apr 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 15 April 1946.
Stricken 8 October 1946.
Sold to Mexico 24 November 1947 being renamed Papaloapan.
Papaloapan was stricken by the Mexican Navy in 1968.

 

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1Lt.Cdr. R. G. Miller, USCG21 Nov 1944???

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