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{{Short description|Frigate class of ships of the United States Navy}}
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|Builders=*[[American Ship Building Company]], [[Cleveland, Ohio]] (7 ships) and [[Lorain, Ohio]] (6 ships)
*[[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], [[Wilmington, California]] (18 ships)
*[[Froemming Brothers]], [[Milwaukee]] (4 ships)
*[[Globe Shipbuilding Company]], [[Superior, Wisconsin]] (8 ships)
*[[Kaiser Cargo]], [[Richmond, California]] (12 ships)
*[[Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company]], [[Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin]] (8 ships)
*[[Walsh-Kaiser Company]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (21 ships)
*[[Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company]], Superior, Wisconsin (12 ships)<ref name="Conway's pp. 62, 148-149">Gardiner, Robert, ed., ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946'', New York: Mayflower Books, 1980, {{ISBN|0-8317-0303-2}}, pp. 62, 148–149.</ref>
|Operators=*{{navy|United States|1912}}
*[[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png|24px]] [[United States Coast Guard]]
*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
*{{navy|Soviet Union}}
*{{navy|Argentina}}
*{{navy|Belgium}}
*{{navy|Colombia}}
*{{navy|Cuba}}
*{{navy|Dominican Republic}}
*{{navy|Ecuador}}
*{{navy|France}}
*{{navy|Japan}}
*{{navy|South Korea}}
*{{navy|Mexico}}
*{{navy|Netherlands}}
*{{navy|Peru}}
*{{navy|Thailand}}
|Class before=[[Asheville-class frigate|''Asheville''-class]] patrol frigate
|Class after=none
|Subclasses=[[Colony-class frigate|Colony class]]
|Cost=$2.3 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pwencycl.kgbudge.com/T/a/Tacoma_class.htm|title=The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Tacoma Class, U.S. Frigates|website=www.pwencycl.kgbudge.com|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref>
|Built range=1943–1945
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|In commission range=1943–2000
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|Total ships planned=100
|Total ships completed=96
|Total ships cancelled=4
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|Total ships lost=2
|Total ships retired=94
|Total ships preserved=3
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The '''''Tacoma'' class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of 96 [[patrol frigate]]s which served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. Originally classified as [[gunboat]]s (PG), they were reclassified as patrol frigates (PF) on 15 April 1943. The class is named for its [[lead ship]], {{USS|Tacoma|PF-3|2}}, a [[Maritime Commission]] (MARCOM) S2-S2-AQ1 design, which in turn was named for the city of [[Tacoma, Washington]]. Twenty-one ships were transferred to the British [[Royal Navy]], in which they were known as [[Colony-class frigate]]s, and twenty-eight ships were transferred under [[Lend-Lease]] to the [[Soviet Navy]], where they were designated as ''storozhevoi korabl'' ("escort ships"), during World War II. All ''Tacoma''-class ships in US service during World War II were manned by [[United States Coast Guard]] crews. ''Tacoma''-class ships were transferred to the United States Coast Guard and various navies post-World War II.

==Design==
In 1942, the success of [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[submarine]]s against [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] shipping and the shortage of escorts with which to protect Allied [[sea lines of communication]] convinced US President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] of a need to engage mercantile shipbuilders in the construction of warships for escort duty. The [[United States Maritime Commission]] (MARCOM), which oversaw the wartime merchant shipbuilding program, proposed to meet this requirement by building a version of the British [[River-class frigate|''River''-class frigate]], a [[Royal Navy]] ship type based on a [[merchant ship|mercantile]] design in British shipyards experienced in building commercial ships.<ref name="Russell p. 22">Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, p. 22.</ref><ref name="Conway's 1922-1946">Gardiner, Robert, ed., ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946'', New York: Mayflower Books, 1980, {{ISBN|0-8317-0303-2}}, pp. 148–149.</ref> Two ''River''-class ships under construction in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada, as {{HMS|Adur|K296|6}} (for the Royal Navy) and {{HMCS|Annan|K297|6}} (for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]]), were transferred to the US Navy in 1942, prior to completion, as prototypes for the ''Tacoma'' class and became the {{sclass|Asheville|frigate|0}} {{USS|Asheville|PF-1|3}} and {{USS|Natchez|PF-2|3}}, respectively.

The [[naval architecture]] firm of [[Gibbs & Cox]], designed the ''Tacoma'' class by modifying the River class to American requirements. The ''Tacoma''-class units were designed and armed to serve mostly as [[anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) ships. They were distinguished from the River class primarily by their pole (instead of the British tripod) [[foremast]] and lighter main guns, [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|sigfig=3|adj=on|abbr=off}}/50 caliber gun]] instead of the British [[QF 4 inch Mk XIX naval gun|{{convert|4|in|sigfig=3|adj=on|abbr=off}}/40 caliber gun]], and they had an American rather than British powerplant.

The ''Tacoma''-class was designed to take advantage of American construction techniques employing [[prefabrication]]. Unlike most other types of warship, the ''Tacoma''s, like the ''Rivers'', were built to mercantile standards. With the proven effectiveness of the ''River'' class on escort duty, MARCOM's goal was to allow commercial shipyards without prior experience of naval construction standards to build effective warships more cheaply and efficiently. MARCOM had hoped that the US Navy, some members of which doubted that the commercial shipyards could build a sturdy enough warship, would accept them because of the proven service record of the ''River''-class ships which inspired their design.<ref name="Russell p. 22"/><ref name="Conway's 1922-1946"/>

The resulting ships had a greater range than the superficially similar [[destroyer escort]]s, but the US Navy viewed them as decidedly inferior in all other respects. The ''Tacoma'' class had a much larger turning circle than a destroyer escort, lacked sufficient ventilation for warm-weather operations – a reflection of their original British design and its emphasis on operations in the North Atlantic Ocean – and were criticized as far too hot below decks, and, because of the mercantile style of their hulls, had far less resistance to underwater explosions than ships built to naval standards like the destroyer escorts.<ref name="Conway's 1922-1946"/>

Like their predecessors ''Asheville'' and ''Natchez'', the ''Tacoma''-class ships built for the US Navy all were named after small cities in the United States.<ref name="Russell p. 22"/>

==Construction program==
In November 1942, MARCOM gave its West Coast Regional Office the responsibility for coordinating the construction of the ships of the ''Tacoma'' class, which were to be split between commercial shipyards on the [[United States West Coast]] and five shipyards on the [[Great Lakes]], the latter in particular chosen because they had building ways available for use in the ''Tacoma'' program. MARCOM tendered a contract to [[Kaiser Cargo, Inc.]], of [[Oakland, California]], to prepare detailed specifications based on the Gibbs & Cox design and to manage the overall construction program.<ref name="Russell p. 22"/>

On 8 December 1942, MARCOM contracted for 69 ''Tacoma''-class ships, for which the US Navy dropped the British "corvette" designation in favor of classifying the ''Tacoma''s (along with the two ''Asheville''-class ships that preceded them) as "patrol gunboats" (PG); on 15 April 1943, the two ''Asheville''s and all ''Tacoma''s were reclassified as "patrol frigates" (PF). Kaiser Cargo itself received an order for 12 ships; the [[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], of [[Wilmington, California]], received an order for 18; the [[American Ship Building Company]], received an order for 11, with four to be built at [[Cleveland, Ohio]], and eight at [[Lorain, Ohio]]; the [[Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company]], of [[Superior, Wisconsin]], received an order for 12; [[Froemming Brothers, Inc.]], of [[Milwaukee]], received an order for four; the [[Globe Shipbuilding Company]], of Superior, Wisconsin, received an order for eight; and the [[Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company]], of [[Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin]], received an order for eight. American Shipbuilding later received an order for another six (four at Cleveland and two at Lorain), bringing the total orders for the US Navy to 79 ships, while the [[Walsh-Kaiser Company]], of [[Providence, Rhode Island]], received an order for 21 additional ships, all of which were to be transferred to the Royal Navy, where they were known as the [[Colony-class frigate|Colony class]], bringing the total planned construction to 100 units. Four ships scheduled for construction at Lorain, by American Shipbuilding, {{USS|Stamford|PF-95|2}}, {{USS|Macon|PF-96|2}}, {{USS|Lorain|PF-97|2}}, and {{USS|Milledgeville|PF-98|2}} (ex-''Vallejo''), were cancelled in December 1943 and February 1944, dropping the ultimate total of ''Tacoma''-class ships built to 96.<ref name="Conway's pp. 62, 148-149"/><ref name="Russell p. 22"/>

From the beginning, the construction program was plagued by difficulties which caused it to fall far behind schedule. Unfamiliar with the capabilities of the Great Lakes yards, Kaiser Cargo used prefabrication techniques unsuited to the Great Lakes yards{{'}} smaller [[Crane (machine)|cranes]] and had to rework them. Ice prevented patrol frigates built on the Great Lakes from transiting the [[Soo Locks]] on the [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]] between [[Lake Superior]] and [[Lake Michigan]] in the winter and spring, requiring them to be floated down the [[Mississippi River]] on [[Float (nautical)|pontoon]]s to [[New Orleans]] or [[Houston]] for [[Fitting-out|fitting out]], often doubling their construction time. Delays became so lengthy that shipyards began to deliver the ships in such an incomplete state that [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] and post-shakedown periods of repair and alteration took months for some of them. [[Bilge keel]]s that cracked in rough seas or cold weather, failures in the welds holding the [[deckhouse]] to the deck, engine trouble, and ventilation problems plagued all of the ships. As a result, no ''Tacoma''-class ship was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] until late in 1943, none were ready for service until 1944, and the last one, {{USS|Alexandria|PF-18}}, was not commissioned until March 1945. The ships Consolidated Steel built proved the most reliable, while Kaiser Cargo-built units were the most trouble-prone; among the latter, ''Tacoma'' took ten months of shakedown and repairs to be ready after her commissioning, and {{USS|Pasco|PF-6|2}} proved equally difficult to make ready for service.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, pp. 22–23.</ref>

==Service==
By the time the first ''Tacoma''-class ships were ready for front-line service in 1944, the US Navy{{'}}s requirement for them had passed, thanks to a decline in the threat from [[Axis powers|Axis]] submarines, and the availability of ample numbers of [[destroyer]]s and destroyer escorts, which the Navy regarded as much superior to the ''Tacoma'' class. The Navy crewed all of the ''Tacoma''-class ships with [[United States Coast Guard]] personnel. The Consolidated Steel-built ships, thanks to their superior reliability and performance, all saw service in the [[Pacific War|Pacific war zone]] where one, {{USS|Rockford|PF-48|2}}, teamed with the [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] {{USS|Ardent|AM-340|2}} to sink the Japanese submarine [[Japanese submarine I-12|''I-12'']] in November 1944, but the US Navy generally relegated the patrol frigates to local training and escort responsibilities, and to duty as [[weather ship]]s, for which the aft-mounted 3-inch gun was removed in order to allow the installation of a [[weather balloon]] [[hangar]].<ref name="Russell p. 22"/><ref name="Conway's 1922-1946"/>

The United States built an additional 21 ''Tacoma''-class ships for the United Kingdom for service in the Royal Navy, where they were known as the [[Colony-class frigate|Colony class]], and all but one of them initially received British names, rather than the names of small US cities, while still US Navy ships; they were returned to the United States between 1946 and 1948. Eighteen of these were quickly scrapped, but two were sold to [[Egypt]], for use as civilian passenger ships, and one to [[Argentina]], for service as a warship in the [[Argentine Navy]].<ref>Gardiner, Robert, ed., ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946'', New York: Mayflower Books, 1980, {{ISBN|0-8317-0303-2}}, p. 62.</ref><ref name="DANFS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/ |title=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' |access-date=11 June 2006 |archive-date=30 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060130095752/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Navsource">[http://www.navsource.net/archives/12/08idx.htm Navsource Patrol Frigate (PF) Index]</ref>

As a part of [[Project Hula]], a secret 1945 program that transferred 149 US Navy ships to the [[Soviet Navy]] at [[Cold Bay, Alaska]], in anticipation of the [[Soviet Union]] joining the [[Pacific War|war against Japan]], the US Navy transferred 28 ''Tacoma''-class ships to the Soviet Navy between July and September 1945. They were the largest, most heavily armed, and most expensive ships transferred during the program. At least some of them saw action in the [[Soviet–Japanese War (1945)|Soviet offensive]] against Japanese forces in Northeast Asia, in August 1945. The transfer of two more, {{USS|Annapolis|PF-15|2}} and {{USS|Bangor|PF-16|2}}, was cancelled when transfers halted on 5 September 1945. One of the transferred ships, ''EK-3'' (ex-{{USS|Belfast|PF-35|2}}), ran aground and was damaged beyond economical repair in a November 1948 storm off [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]], but the Soviet Union returned the other 27 frigates to the United States in October and November 1949.<ref name="Russell p. 39">Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, pp. 12, 22–23, 35, 37–38, 39.</ref>

The US Navy quickly decommissioned 23 ''Tacoma''-class ships after the end of World War II, after only very brief US Navy careers, and sold them for scrap in 1947 and 1948, although one, the former {{USS|Charlotte|PF-60|2}}, was saved from the scrapyard to become a Brazilian merchant ship. The 27 ships the Soviet Union returned in 1949 went into the US Navy{{'}}s [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]] in Japan; 13 of them were recommissioned for US Navy service in the [[Korean War]], but all 27 soon were transferred to the navies of other countries. The other 25 ''Tacoma''-class ships never returned to service in the US Navy and also were transferred to foreign countries. In the post-World War II era, ''Tacoma''-class patrol frigates operated in the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]], the [[Republic of Korea Navy]], and the Argentine, [[Belgian Navy|Belgian]], [[Colombian Navy|Colombian]], [[Cuban Navy|Cuban]], [[Dominican Navy|Dominican]], [[Ecuadorian Navy|Ecuadorian]], [[French Navy|French]], [[Mexican Navy|Mexican]], [[Royal Netherlands Navy|Royal Netherlands]], [[Peruvian Navy|Peruvian]], and [[Royal Thai Navy|Royal Thai]] navies, and one ship operated as a civilian weather ship for the government of the Netherlands.<ref name="Conway's 1922-1946"/> In foreign navies, many ''Tacoma''-class ships survived into the 1960s and 1970s, and the last operator of ''Tacoma''-class patrol frigates, [[Thailand]], did not retire its two ships until 2000.

==List of ships==
The ''Tacoma''-class ships, listed in order of US Navy [[Hull classification symbol|hull number]], and their dates of active service and fates follow.<ref name="Conway's pp. 62, 148-149"/><ref name="DANFS"/><ref name="Navsource"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable nowraplinks plainrowheaders"
|+ Service data
|-
! scope="col" | Ship name
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Hull no.|Hull number}}
! scope="col" | Dates of U.S. Navy service
! scope="col" | Loan in war
! scope="col" | Later loan
! scope="col" | Final disposition
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Tacoma|PF-3|2}}
| PF-3
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1945, 1950–1951)
| To Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-11||2}} (1945–1949)
| To Republic of Korea Navy as {{ship|ROKS|Taedong|PF-63}} (1951–1973)
| Preserved in South Korea, 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Sausalito|PF-4|2}}
| PF-4
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945, 1950–1952)
| To Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-16||2}} (1945–1949)
| To Republic of Korea Navy as {{ship|ROKS|Imchin|PF-66}} (1952–1973)
| Scrapped, 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hoquiam|PF-5|2}}
| PF-5
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945, 1950–1951)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-13||2}} (1945–1949)
| Republic of Korea Navy as {{ship|ROKS|Nae Tong|PF-65}} (1951–1973)
| Scrapped, 1973
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pasco|PF-6|2}}
| PF-6
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-12||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{ship|JDS|Kashi|PF-283}} (1953–1967)
| South Korea for parts, 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Albuquerque|PF-7|2}}
| PF-7
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1945, 1950–1953)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-14||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{ship|JDS|Tochi|PF-296}} (1951–1969)
| United States for disposal, 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Everett|PF-8|2}}
| PF-8
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945, 1950–1953)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-15||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{ship|JDS|Kiri|PF-291}} (1953–1975)
| United States for disposal, 1976
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pocatello|PF-9|2}}
| PF-9
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Brownsville|PF-10|2}}
| PF-10
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| To US Coast Guard as {{USCGC|Brownsville|PF-10|6}} (1946)
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Grand Forks|PF-11|2}}
| PF-11
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Casper|PF-12|2}}
| PF-12
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pueblo|PF-13|2}}
| PF-13
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| Dominican Navy as {{ship|Dominican frigate|Presidente Troncoso|F103|3}} (later {{ship|Dominican frigate|Gregorio Luperón|F103|2}}) (1948–1979)
| Scrapped, 1982
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Grand Island|PF-14|2}}
| PF-14
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
|
| Cuban Navy as {{ship|Cuban frigate|Maximo Gomez|F303|3}} (1947-1970s?)
| Unknown
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Annapolis|PF-15|2}}
| PF-15
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| Mexican Navy as {{ship|ARM|General Vicente Guerrero}} (later {{ship|ARM|Río Usumacinta}}) (1947–1964)
| Scrapped, 1964
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Bangor|PF-16|2}}
| PF-16
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| US Coast Guard as {{USCGC|Bangor|PF-16|6}} (1946)<br />To Mexican Navy as {{ship|ARM|General José María Morelos}} (later {{ship|ARM|Golfo de Tehuantepec}})
| Scrapped, 1964
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Key West|PF-17|2}}
| PF-17
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Alexandria|PF-18|2}}
| PF-18
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1945–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Huron|PF-19|2}}
| PF-19
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gulfport|PF-20|2}}
| PF-20
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Bayonne|PF-21|2}}
| PF-21
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1945, 1950–1953)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-25||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Buna|PF-294}} (1953–1965)
| Sunk as target, 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gloucester|PF-22|2}}
| PF-22
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1945, 1950–1952)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-26||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Tsuge|PF-292}} (1953–1968)
| United States for disposal, 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Shreveport|PF-23|2}}
| PF-23
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Muskegon|PF-24|2}}
| PF-24
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| To US Coast Guard as {{USCGC|Muskegon|WPF-24|6}} (1946)<br />French Navy as {{ship|French frigate|Mermoz|F714|3}} (1947-late 1950s)
| Scrapped, late 1950s
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Charlottesville|PF-25|2}}
| PF-25
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-1||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Matsu|PF-286}} (1953–1969)
| United States for disposal, 1972
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Poughkeepsie|PF-26|2}}
| PF-26
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-27||2}} (1945–1949)
| [[Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine|Japanese Merchant Marine]] (1951), then Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Momi|PF-284}} (1953–1969)
| South Korea for parts, 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Newport|PF-27|2}}
| PF-27
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945, 1950–1952)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-28||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Kaede|PF-293}} (1953–1972)
| United States for disposal, 1975
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Emporia|PF-28|2}}
| PF-28
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| French Navy as {{ship|French frigate|Le Verrier|F716|3}} (1947–1958)
| Scrapped, 1958
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Groton|PF-29|2}}
| PF-29
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| Colombian Navy as {{ship|ARC|Almirante Padilla|F-11}} (1947–1965)
| Stricken, 1965
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hingham|PF-30|2}}
| PF-30
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Grand Rapids|PF-31|2}}
| PF-31
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Woonsocket|PF-32|2}}
| PF-32
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| US Coast Guard as {{USCGC|Woonsocket|PF-32|6}} (1946)<br />Peruvian Navy as {{ship|BAP|Teniente Gálvez|F-1}} (later {{ship|BAP|Gálvez|F-1|6}}) (1948–1961)
| Scrapped
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Dearborn|PF-33|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Toledo''}})
| PF-33
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Long Beach|PF-34|2}}
| PF-34
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-2||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Shii|PF-297}} (1953–1967)
| Scrapped, 1967
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Belfast|PF-35|2}}
| PF-35
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-3||2}} (1945–1948)
|
| Wrecked, 1948
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Glendale|PF-36|2}}
| PF-36
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945, 1950–1951)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-6||2}} (1945–1949)
| Royal Thai Navy as {{ship|HTMS|Tachin|PF-1}} (1951–2000)
| Preserved, 2001
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|San Pedro|PF-37|2}}
| PF-37
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-5||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Kaya|PF-288}} (1953–1967)
| To United States for disposal, 1978; sunk as target
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Coronado|PF-38|2}}
| PF-38
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-8||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Sugi|PF-285}} (1953–1969)
| To United States for disposal, 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Ogden|PF-39|2}}
| PF-39
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-10||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Kusu|PF-281}} (1953–1976)
| To United States for disposal, 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Eugene|PF-40|2}}
| PF-40
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| Cuban Navy as {{ship|Cuban frigate|José Martí|F301|3}} (1947–1976)
| Scrapped, 1976
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|El Paso|PF-41|2}}
| PF-41
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Van Buren|PF-42|2}}
| PF-42
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1943–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Orange|PF-43|2}}
| PF-43
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold, 1947; scrapped, 1948
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Corpus Christi|PF-44|2}}
| PF-44
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hutchinson|PF-45|2}}
| PF-45
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| Mexican Navy as {{ship|ARM|California|1947|6}} (1947–1964)
| Sold for scrapping, 1964
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Bisbee|PF-46|2}}
| PF-46
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945, 1950–1951)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-17||2}} (1945–1949)
| Colombian Navy as {{ship|ARC|Capitán Tono|F-12}} (1952–1963)
| Scrapped, 1963
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gallup|PF-47|2}}
| PF-47
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945, 1950–1951)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-22||2}} (1945–1949)
| Royal Thai Navy as {{ship|HTMS|Prasae|PF-2}} (1951–2000)
| Preserved, 2000
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Rockford|PF-48|2}}
| PF-48
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-18||2}} (1945–1949)
| Republic of Korea Navy as {{ship|ROKS|Apnok|PF-62}} (1950–1952)
| To United States for disposal, 1952; sunk as target, 1953
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Muskogee|PF-49|2}}
| PF-49
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-19||2}} (1945–1949)
| Republic of Korea Navy as {{ship|ROKS|Duman|PF-61}} (1950)
| Unknown
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Carson City|PF-50|2}}
| PF-50
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-20||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{ship|JDS|Sakura|PF-290}} (1953–1971)
| Sold for scrapping, 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Burlington|PF-51|2}}
| PF-51
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945, 1951–1952)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-21||2}} (1945–1949)
| Colombian Navy as {{ship|ARC|Almirante Brión|F-14}} (1953–1968)
| Scrapped, 1968
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Allentown|PF-52|2}}
| PF-52
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-9||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Ume|PF-289}} (1953–1970)
| To United States for disposal, 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Machias|PF-53|2}}
| PF-53
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-4||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Nara|PF-282}} (1953–1966)
| Sold for scrapping, 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Sandusky|PF-54|2}}
| PF-54
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-7||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Nire|PF-287}} (1953–1970)
| To United States for disposal, 1970
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Bath|PF-55|2}}
| PF-55
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-29||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Maki|PF-298}} (1953–1971)
| Sold for scrapping, 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Covington|PF-56|2}}
| PF-56
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| US Coast Guard as {{USCGC|Covington|PF-56|6}} (1946)<br />Ecuadorian Navy as {{ship|BAE|Guayas|E-21}} (1947–1972)
| Stricken, 1974
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Sheboygan|PF-57|2}}
| PF-57
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| Belgian Navy as {{ship|Belgian frigate|Lieutenant ter zee Victor Billet|F910|3}} (1947–1957)
| Scrapped, 1959
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Abilene|PF-58|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Bridgeport''}})
| PF-58
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| the Netherlands civilian government as {{SS|Cirrus}} (1947–1969)
| Sold for scrapping, 1969
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Beaufort|PF-59|2}}
| PF-59
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Charlotte|PF-60|2}}
| PF-60
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold, 1947; became Brazilian coastal passenger ship; scrapped 1965
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Manitowoc|PF-61|2}}
| PF-61
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| US Coast Guard as {{USCGC|Manitowoc|PF-61|6}} (1946)<br />French Navy as {{ship|French frigate|Le Brix|F715|3}} (1947–1958)
| Scrapped, 1958
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Gladwyne|PF-62|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Worcester''}})
| PF-62
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| Mexican Navy as {{ship|ARM|Papaloapan|1944|6}} (1947–1965)
| Scrapped, 1965
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Moberly|PF-63|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Scranton''}})
| PF-63
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Knoxville|PF-64|2}}
| PF-64
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| Dominican Navy as {{ship|Dominican frigate|Presidente Peynado|F104|3}} (later {{ship|Dominican frigate|Capitán General Pedro Santana|F104|2}}) (1947–1979)
| Scrapped, 1979
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Uniontown|PF-65|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Chattanooga''}})
| PF-65
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945)
|
| Argentine Navy as {{ship|ARA|Sarandí|P-33}} (1947–1968)
| Unknown
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Reading|PF-66|2}}
| PF-66
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
| Argentine Navy as {{ship|ARA|Heroína|P-32}} (1947–1966)
| Scrapped, 1966
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Peoria|PF-67|2}}
| PF-67
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1945–1946)
|
| Cuban Navy as {{ship|Cuban frigate|Antonio Maceo|F302}} (1947–1975)
| Sunk as target, 1975
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Brunswick|PF-68|2}}
| PF-68
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Davenport|PF-69|2}}
| PF-69
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1945–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1946
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Evansville|PF-70|2}}
| PF-70
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1945, 1950–1953)
| Soviet Navy as {{ship|Soviet frigate|EK-30||2}} (1945–1949)
| Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as {{JDS|Keyaki|PF-295}} (1953–1976)
| To United States for disposal, 1976; scrapped, 1977
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|New Bedford|PF-71|2}}
| PF-71
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hallowell|PF-72|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Machias''}})
| PF-72
|
| 1943–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Anguilla|K500}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hamond|PF-73|2}}
| PF-73
|
| 1943–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Antigua|K501}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hargood|PF-74|2}}
| PF-74
|
| 1943–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Ascension|K502}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hotham|PF-75|2}}
| PF-75
|
| 1943–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Bahamas|K503}})
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Halstead|PF-76|2}}
| PF-76
|
| 1943–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Barbados|K504}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hannam|PF-77|2}}
| PF-77
|
| 1943–1945 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Caicos|K505}}
| To Argentine Navy as {{ship|ARA|Trinidad|P-34}} / {{ship|ARA|Santísima Trinidad|P-34|6}} / {{ship|ARA|Comodoro Augusto Lasserre|Q-9}} (1947–1969)
| Scrapped, 1971
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Harland|PF-78|2}}
| PF-78
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Cayman|K506}}
|
| Returned to United States 1946; sold for scrapping 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Harman|PF-79|2}}
| PF-79
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Dominica|K507}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Harvey|PF-80|2}}
| PF-80
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Labuan|K584}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Gold Coast''}})
|
| Returned to United States 1946; sold for scrapping 1957
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Holmes|PF-81|2}}
| PF-81
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Tobago|K585}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Hong Kong''}})
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; Egyptian civilian passenger ship, 1950–1956; sunk as blockship, 1956
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hornby|PF-82|2}}
| PF-82
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Montserrat|K586}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Hoste|PF-83|2}}
| PF-83
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Nyasaland|K587}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Howett|PF-84|2}}
| PF-84
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Papua|K588}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold, 1947; Egyptian passenger vessel, 1950–1956
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pilford|PF-85|2}}
| PF-85
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Pitcairn|K589}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pasley|PF-86|2}} (later {{nowrap|''St. Helena''}})
| PF-86
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|St. Helena|K590}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Patton|PF-87|2}}
| PF-87
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Sarawak|K591}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Pearl|PF-88|2}}
| PF-88
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Seychelles|K592}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Phillimore|PF-89|2}}
| PF-89
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Perim|K593}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Sierra Leone''}})
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Popham|PF-90|2}}
| PF-90
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Somaliland|K594}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Peyton|PF-91|2}}
| PF-91
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Tortola|K595}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Prowse|PF-92|2}}
| PF-92
|
| 1944–1946 Royal Navy as {{HMS|Zanzibar|K596}}
|
| Returned to United States, 1946; sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Lorain|PF-93|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Roanoke''}})
| PF-93
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1945–1946)
|
| French Navy as {{ship|French frigate|La Place|F713|3}} (1947–1950)
| Sunk by mine, 1950
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Milledgeville|PF-94|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Sitka''}})
| PF-94
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1945–1946)
|
|
| Sold, 1947; scrapped, 1948
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Stamford|PF-95|2}}
| PF-95
| rowspan=4 {{n/a}}
| rowspan=4 {{n/a}}
| rowspan=4 {{n/a}}
| Cancelled, 31 December 1943
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Macon|PF-96|2}}
| PF-96
| Cancelled, 31 December 1943
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Lorain|PF-97|2}} ({{nowrap|ex-''Vallejo''}})
| PF-97
| Cancelled, 11 February 1944
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Milledgeville|PF-98|2}}
| PF-98
| Cancelled, 31 December 1943
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Orlando|PF-99|2}}
| PF-99
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1944–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Racine|PF-100|2}}
| PF-100
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1945–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1947
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Greensboro|PF-101|2}}
| PF-101
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1945–1946)
|
|
| Sold for scrapping, 1948
|-
! scope="row" | {{USS|Forsyth|PF-102|2}}
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | PF-102
| style="font-size: 85%" | (1945–1946)
|
| To US Coast Guard as {{USCGC|Forsyth|WPF-102|6}} (1946)<br />To the Netherlands civilian government as {{SS|Cumulus}} (1947–1963)
| Scrapped, 1969
|}

==Gallery==

===''Tacoma''-class patrol frigates, US Navy===
<gallery widths=180>
Image:USS Tacoma (PF-3) 120800303.jpg|{{USS|Tacoma|PF-3}}
File:USS Hoquiam (PF 5).jpg|{{USS|Hoquiam|PF-5}}
Image:USS Pocatella 120800901.jpg|{{USS|Pocatello|PF-9}}
Image:USS Grand Forks 120801103.jpg|{{USS|Grand Forks|PF-11}}
Image:USS Glendale and USS Gallup.jpg|{{USS|Glendale|PF-36}} (left) and {{USS|Gallup|PF-47}}
File:USS Gallup (PF-47).jpg|{{USS|Gallup|PF-47}}
Image:USS Hutchinson PF-45.jpg|{{USS|Hutchinson|PF-45}}
Image:USS Bisbee (PF-46) 120804604.jpg|{{USS|Bisbee|PF-46}}
Image:USS Burlington (PF-51).jpg|{{USS|Burlington|PF-51}}
Image:Uss Covington and Uss Lorain.jpg|{{center|{{USS|Covington|PF-56}} (left) and {{USS|Lorain|PF-93}}}}
File:USS Greensboro (PF-101).jpg|{{center|{{USS|Greensboro|PF-101}}}}
</gallery>

===Colony-class frigates, Royal Navy===
<gallery widths=180>
File:HMS Anguilla 1944 IWM FL 669.jpg|{{HMS|Anguilla|K500}}
File:HMS Antigua 1944 IWM FL 821.jpg|{{HMS|Antigua|K501}}
File:HMS Ascension.JPG|{{HMS|Ascension|K502}}
File:HMS Caicos 1945 IWM A 27993.jpg|{{HMS|Caicos|K505}}
File:HMS Dominica (K507) IWM A 25639.jpg|{{HMS|Dominica|K507}}
File:HMS Somaliland 1944 IWM A 25717.jpg|{{HMS|Somaliland|K594}}
File:HMS Tortola 1944 IWM A 25716.jpg|{{HMS|Tortola|K595}}
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of escorteurs of France]]
* [[List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tacoma class frigates}}

* [http://www.navsource.net/archives/12/08003.htm PG-111/PF-3 ''Tacoma''] NavSource Online
* [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/t/tacoma-iii.html USS ''Tacoma''] history.navy.mil

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{{MARCOMships}}
{{WWII US ships}}

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