Allied Warships

USS Bayonne (PF-21)

Frigate of the Tacoma class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassTacoma 
PennantPF-21 
Built byAmerican Shipbuilding Co. (Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.) 
Ordered8 Dec 1942 
Laid down6 May 1943 
Launched11 Sep 1943 
Commissioned14 Feb 1945 
End service31 Jan 1953 
History

Decommissioned 2 September 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska.
Transferred to the USSR.
Returned to the U.S.N. 14 November 1949.
Recommissioned 28 July 1950.
. Decommissioned and transferred to Japan on 31 January 1953 being Renamed Kii (PF 291).
Sunk as a target in March 1969.

 

Commands listed for USS Bayonne (PF-21)

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1Elmer E Comstock, USCG14 Feb 1945

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