USS Uniontown

USS Chattanooga (PF-65) is launched at the Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company shipyard at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on 7 August 1943, a year before she was renamed USS Uniontown just prior to commissioning.
History
United States
Name
  • Chattanooga (1943–1944)
  • Uniontown (1944–1947)
Namesake
BuilderLeatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down21 April 1943
Launched7 August 1943
Commissioned6 October 1944
Decommissioned20 December 1945
RenamedUniontown, 16 August 1944
ReclassifiedPF-65, 15 April 1943
Stricken8 January 1946
FateSold to Argentina, July 1947
Argentina
NameSarandi
AcquiredJuly 1947
Decommissioned1968
FateUnknown
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 Uniontown (PF-65), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

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