Allied Warships

USS Woonsocket (PF-32)

Frigate of the Tacoma class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassTacoma 
PennantPF-32 
Built byWalter Butler Shipbuilding Co. (Superior, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered8 Dec 1942 
Laid down12 Aug 1943 
Launched27 Sep 1943 
Commissioned1 Sep 1944 
End service18 Sep 1946 
History

Decommissioned 18 September 1946.
Stricken 14 May 1947.
Transferred to Peru being renamed Teniente Galvez.

 

Commands listed for USS Woonsocket (PF-32)

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1William Joseph Conley, Jr., USCG1 Sep 1944

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