USS Reading

ARA Heroína (P32) ex-USS Reading (PF-66)
History
United States
NameReading
NamesakeCity of Reading, Pennsylvania
BuilderLeathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down23 May 1943
Launched28 August 1943
Commissioned19 August 1944
Decommissioned19 December 1945
Stricken5 January 1946
FateResold to Argentina, July 1947
Argentina
NameHeroína
AcquiredJuly 1947
FateScrapped, 1966
General characteristics
Class & typeTacoma-class frigate
Displacement1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
Length303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement190
Armament

USS Reading (PF-66), a Tacoma-class frigate, originally classified as PG-174, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Reading, Pennsylvania.

In 1947, she was sold to Argentina, entering service with the Argentine Navy as ARA Heroina (P-32); she was scrapped in 1966.

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