USS Sheboygan (PF-57)

Tacoma-class patrol frigate

USS Sheboygan
Luitenant ter zee Victor Billet

Luitenant ter zee Victor Billet in Belgian service

History
United States
Name| Sheboygan
Namesake| City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Builder| Globe Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin
Laid down| 17 April 1943
Launched| 31 July 1943
Commissioned| 26 May 1944
Decommissioned| 1 June 1944
Recommissioned| 14 October 1944
Decommissioned| 9 August 1946
Identification| PF-57
Fate| Sold to Belgium, 19 March 1947
Belgium
Name| Luitenant ter zee Victor Billet
Acquired| 19 March 1947
Stricken| 1957
Identification| F 910
Fate|

* Converted to training hulk, 1958
* Scrapped, 1959

General characteristics
Class and type| Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement| 1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
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 Sheboygan (PF-57) was a Tacoma-class frigate of the United States Navy which was later transferred to the Belgian Navy as Lieutenant ter zee Victor Billet.

## Contents

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

## Construction[edit]

Sheboygan was laid down on 17 April 1943, under a Maritime Commission contract by the Globe Shipbuilding Company at Superior, Wisconsin; sponsored by Mrs. Willard M. Sonnenburg; and placed in reduced commission at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 26 May 1944, with Lieutenant Commander A. J. Carpenter, USCG, in command. It is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

## Service history[edit]

Ordered to Tampa, Florida, for conversion to a weather patrol ship, Sheboygan was decommissioned on 1 June. On 14 October 1944, she was recommissioned. Shakedown in Bermuda followed; and on 21 February, the frigate arrived at NS Argentia, Newfoundland, for weather patrol duty.

As a Navy ship, she performed weather and plane guard patrols in the North Atlantic, broken by periods of upkeep in Naval Station Argentia, and Boston, Massachusetts, until transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 14 March 1946. Her work in the North Atlantic, however, continued until she was decommissioned on 9 August 1946.

She was sold on 19 March 1947 to Belgium and served in the Belgian Navy as Luitenant ter zee Victor Billet until converted to a stationary training hulk in 1958, and was scrapped in 1959.

## 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 Sheboygan at NavSource Naval History
* hazegray.org: USS Sheboygan

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Tacoma-class frigates

United States Navy|

| Completed|

* Tacoma
* Sausalito
* Hoquiam
* Pasco
* Albuquerque
* Everett
* Pocatello
* Brownsville
* Grand Forks
* Casper
* Pueblo
* Grand Island
* Annapolis
* Bangor
* Key West
* Alexandria
* Huron
* Gulfport
* Bayonne
* Gloucester
* Shreveport
* Muskegon
* Charlottesville
* Poughkeepsie
* Newport
* Emporia
* Groton
* Hingham
* Grand Rapids
* Woonsocket
* Dearborn
* Long Beach
* Belfast
* Glendale
* San Pedro
* Coronado
* Ogden
* Eugene
* El Paso
* 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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