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Allied Warships

USS Corpus Christi (PF-44)

Frigate of the Tacoma class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassTacoma 
PennantPF-44 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp. (Wilmington, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down17 Jul, 1943 
Launched17 Aug, 1943 
Commissioned29 Jan, 1944 
End service2 Aug, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 2 August 1946.
Stricken at an unknown date.
Sold 3 October 1947 to be broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Corpus Christi include:

13 Feb, 1945
USS Corpus Christi picks up 92 survivors from the American merchant Peter Silvester that was torpedoed and sunk on 6 February by the German submarine U-862 south-west of Australia in position 34º19'S, 99º37'E.


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