Allied Warships

USS Uniontown (PF-65)

Frigate of the Tacoma class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassTacoma 
PennantPF-65 
Built byLeatham D Smith Shipyard (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered8 Dec 1942 
Laid down21 Apr 1943 
Launched7 Aug 1943 
Commissioned6 Oct 1944 
End service20 Dec 1945 
History

Decommissioned 20 December 1945.
Stricken 8 January 1946.
Sold in July 1947 to Argentina being renamed Sarani.

 

Commands listed for USS Uniontown (PF-65)

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1Cdr. Richard Eugene Morell, USCG6 Oct 194414 Apr 1945 (1)

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Notable events involving Uniontown include:


22 Apr 1945
USS R-1 (Lt. W.A. Schoenfeld, USN) conducted A/S exercises off Casco Bay, Maine together with USS Uniontown (Lt. R.K. Safford, USCGR) and USS Muskegon (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Home, USCGR).


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