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Allied Warships

USS Brunswick (PF-68)

Frigate of the Tacoma class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassTacoma 
PennantPF-68 
Built byLeatham D Smith Shipyard (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Jul, 1943 
Launched6 Nov, 1943 
Commissioned2 Oct, 1944 
End service3 May, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 3 May 1946.
Stricken at an unknown date.
Sold 9 April 1947. 

Noteable events involving Brunswick include:

3 Jan, 1945
USS Brunswick picks up 50 men from the American merchant Henry Miller that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-870 22 nautical miles southwest of Cape Spartel in position 35º51'N, 06º24'W.


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