USS Knoxville (PF-64)

History
United States
Name| Knoxville
Namesake| City of Knoxville, Tennessee
Builder| Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down| 15 April 1943
Launched| 10 July 1943
Commissioned| 29 April 1944
Decommissioned| 13 June 1946
Fate| Sold to the Dominican Republic, 22 September 1947
Dominican Republic
Name| Presidente Peynado
Namesake| Jacinto Peynado
Acquired| 22 September 1947
Renamed| Capitán General Pedro Santana, 1962
Namesake| Pedro Santana
Stricken| 1979
Fate| Scrapped, 1979
General characteristics
Class and type| Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement|

* 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light
* 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full

Length| 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam| 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft| 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion|

* 2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines
* 3 boilers
* 2 shafts

Speed| 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement| 190
Armament|

* 3 × 3"/50 dual purpose guns (3x1)
* 4 x 40 mm guns (2×2)
* 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1)
* 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
* 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors
* 2 × Depth charge tracks

USS Knoxville (PF-64), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Knoxville, Tennessee.

## Contents

* 1 Construction
* 2 Service history
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Construction[edit]

Knoxville (PF-64) was launched on 10 July 1943, by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. Cecelia Daniel; and commissioned on 29 April 1944.

## Service history[edit]

After shakedown out of Bermuda, Knoxville arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, on 16 November, and served briefly as a training ship. Clearing Norfolk on 11 December, she escorted convoy UGS 63 to North Africa, arriving Oran on 28 December. On her return voyage the frigate searched for enemy U-boats that plagued Allied shipping at the approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar, and arrived at Boston on 20 January 1945.

During the early months of 1945, Knoxville escorted convoys across the submarine-infested Atlantic and occasionally she was dispatched for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) search operations. Following her final escort cruise to the Azores, the patrol frigate arrived at Philadelphia on 1 June for conversion to a weather ship.

Knoxville cleared Philadelphia on 17 June and two weeks later took position on air-sea rescue and weather stations off Newfoundland. For 10 months she operated from her post, flashing news of weather conditions to assist flight operations and ship movements in the Western Atlantic. Upon completion of her tour Knoxville returned to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was decommissioned on 13 June 1946 and was sold 22 September 1947 to the Dominican Republic.

Knoxville served as Presidente Peynado (F104) in the Dominican Navy. She was renamed Capitán General Pedro Santana in 1962 and was stricken in 1979.

## References[edit]

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

## External links[edit]

* Photo gallery of USS Knoxville at NavSource Naval History
* hazegray.org: USS Knoxville

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Tacoma-class frigates

United States Navy|

| Completed|

* Tacoma
* Sausalito
* Hoquiam
* Pasco
* Albuquerque
* Everett
* Pocatello
* Brownsville
* Grand Forks
* Casper
* Pueblo
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* Annapolis
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* Huron
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* Bayonne
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* Shreveport
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* Poughkeepsie
* Newport
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* Grand Rapids
* Woonsocket
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* Glendale
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* Van Buren
* Orange
* Corpus Christi
* Hutchinson
* Bisbee
* Gallup
* Rockford
* Muskogee
* Carson City
* Burlington
* Allentown
* Machias (PF-53)
* Sandusky
* Bath
* Covington
* Sheboygan
* Bridgeport / Abilene
* Beaufort
* Charlotte
* Manitowoc
* Worcester / Gladwyne
* Scranton / Moberly
* Knoxville
* Chattanooga / Uniontown
* Reading
* Peoria
* Brunswick
* Davenport
* Evansville
* New Bedford
* Hallowell / Machias (PF-72)
* Hamond
* Hargood
* Hotham
* Halstead
* Hannam
* Harland
* Harman
* Harvey
* Holmes
* Hornby
* Hoste
* Howett
* Pilford
* Pasley / St. Helena
* Patton
* Pearl
* Phillimore
* Popham
* Peyton
* Prowse
* Roanoke / Lorain (PF-93)
* Sitka / Milledgeville (PF-94)
* Orlando
* Racine
* Greensboro
* Forsyth

|

Canceled|

* Stamford
* Macon
* Vallejo / Lorain (PF-97)
* Milledgeville (PF-98)

Royal Navy
Colony class|

* Anguilla (ex-Machias (PF-72))
* Antigua (ex-Hamond)
* Ascension (ex-Hargood)
* Bahamas (ex-Hotham)
* Barbados (ex-Halstead)
* Caicos (ex-Hannam)
* Cayman (ex-Harland)
* Dominica (ex-Harman)
* Gold Coast / Labuan (ex-Harvey)
* Hong Kong / Tobago (ex-Holmes)
* Montserrat (ex-Hornby)
* Nyasaland (ex-Hoste)
* Papua (ex-Howett)
* Pitcairn (ex-Pilford)
* St. Helena (ex-Pasley)
* Sarawak (ex-Patton)
* Seychelles (ex-Pearl)
* Sierra Leone / Perim (ex-Phillimore)
* Somaliland (ex-Popham)
* Tortola (ex-Peyton)
* Zanzibar (ex-Prowse)

Soviet Navy|

* EK-1 (ex-Charlottesville)
* EK-2 (ex-Long Beach)
* EK-3 (ex-Belfast)
* EK-4 (ex-Machias (PF-53))
* EK-5 (ex-San Pedro)
* EK-6 (ex-Glendale)
* EK-7 (ex-Sandusky)
* EK-8 (ex-Coronado)
* EK-9 (ex-Allentown)
* EK-10 (ex-Ogden)
* EK-11 (ex-Tacoma)
* EK-12 (ex-Pasco)
* EK-13 (ex-Hoquiam)
* EK-14 (ex-Albuquerque)
* EK-15 (ex-Everett)
* EK-16 (ex-Sausalito)
* EK-17 (ex-Bisbee)
* EK-18 (ex-Rockford)
* EK-19 (ex-Muskogee)
* EK-20 (ex-Carson City)
* EK-21 (ex-Burlington)
* EK-22 (ex-Gallup)
* EK-25 (ex-Bayonne)
* EK-26 (ex-Gloucester)
* EK-27 (ex-Poughkeepsie)
* EK-28 (ex-Newport)
* EK-29 (ex-Bath)
* EK-30 (ex-Evansville)

Post-World War II operators

United States Coast Guard|

* Brownsville
* Bangor
* Muskegon
* Woonsocket
* Corpus Christi
* Covington
* Sheboygan
* Beaufort
* Manitowoc
* Forsyth

Argentine Navy|

* Heroína (ex-Reading)
* Sarandí (ex-Uniontown)
* Trinidad / Santísima Trinidad / Comodoro Augusto Lasserre (ex-Caicos)

Belgian Navy|

* Lieutenant ter zee Victor Billet (ex-Sheboygan)

Colombian National Navy|

* Almirante Padilla (ex-Groton)
* Capitán Tono (ex-Bisbee)
* Almirante Brión (ex-Burlington)

Cuban Revolutionary Navy|

* José Martí (ex-Eugene)
* Antonio Maceo (ex-Peoria)
* Maximo Gomez (ex-Grand Island)

Dominican Navy|

* Presidente Troncoso / Gregorio Luperón (ex-Pueblo)
* Presidente Peynado / Capitán General Pedro Santana (ex-Knoxville)

Ecuadorian Navy|

* Guayas (ex-Covington)

French Navy|

* La Place (ex-Lorain (PF-93))
* Mermoz (ex-Muskegon)
* Le Brix (F715) (ex-Manitowoc)
* Le Verrier (ex-Emporia)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|

* Kusu / YAC-22 (ex-Ogden)
* Nara / YTE-8 (ex-Machias (PF-53))
* Kashi / YAC-12 (ex-Pasco)
* Momi / YAC-13 (ex-Poughkeepsie)
* Sugi (ex-Coronado)
* Matsu / YAS-36 (ex-Charlottesville)
* Nire / YAC-19 (ex-Sandusky)
* Kaya / YAC-23 (ex-San Pedro)
* Ume / YAC-14 (ex-Allentown)
* Sakura / YAC-16 (ex-Carson City)
* Kiri / YAC-20 (ex-Everett)
* Tsuge (ex-Gloucester)
* Kaede / YAC-17 (ex-Newport)
* Buna / YAC-11 (ex-Bayonne)
* Keyaki / YAC-21 (ex-Evansville)
* Tochi / YAC-15 (ex-Albuquerque)
* Shii / YAS-44 (ex-Long Beach)
* Maki / YTE-9 (ex-Bath)

Republic of Korea Navy|

* Duman (ex-Muskogee)
* Apnok (ex-Rockford)
* Taedong (ex-Tacoma)
* Nae Tong (ex-Hoquiam)
* Imchin (ex-Sausalito)

Mexican Navy|

* California (ex-Hutchinson)
* General José María Morelos / Golfo de Tehuantepec (ex-Bangor)
* General Vicente Guerrero / Río Usumacinta (ex-Annapolis)
* Papaloapan (ex-Gladwyne)

Netherlands Government|

* Cirrus (ex-Abilene)
* Cumulus (ex-Forsyth)

Peruvian Navy|

* Teniente Gálvez / Gálvez (ex-Woonsocket)

Royal Thai Navy|

* Tachin (ex-Glendale)
* Prasae (ex-Gallup)

* Preceded by: Asheville class (USN) / River class (RN)
* Followed by: None

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Ships built by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Tacoma-class frigates|

* Brunswick
* Davenport
* Evansville
* Knoxville
* New Bedford
* Peoria
* Reading
* Uniontown

PC-461-class submarine chasers|

* PC-496
* PC-550
* PC-551
* PC-588
* PC-589
* PC-590
* PC-591
* PC-821
* PC-822
* PC-823
* PC-824
* PC-825
* PC-1171
* PC-1172
* PC-1173
* PC-1174
* PC-1175
* PC-1176
* PC-1177
* PC-1178
* PC-1179 / Morris
* PC-1180
* PC-1225
* PC-1226
* PC-1227
* PC-1228 / Munising
* PC-1229
* PC-1230 / Grinnell
* PC-1260
* PC-1261
* PC-1262
* PC-1263
* PC-1560
* PC-1561
* PC-1562
* PC-1563
* PC-1564
* PC-1565
* PC-1566
* PC-1567
* PC-1568
* PC-1569

Alamosa-class cargo ships
Type C1-M-AV1 ships|

* Poinsett
* Pontotoc
* Richland
* Rockdale
* Schuyler
* Screven
* Sebastian
* Somerset / Coastal Sentry
* Sussex
* Tarrant
* Tipton
* Traverse*
* Tulare**
* Washtenaw† / Sgt. George Peterson
* Westchester#
* Wexford‡ / Coastal Crusader

Net laying ships|

* Passaic
* Shakamaxon
* Tonawanda

* * = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Merchant
* ** = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Challenger
* † = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Guide
* # = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Defender
* ‡ = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Crusader

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