USS Woonsocket (PF-32)

Tacoma-class patrol frigate

History
United States
Name| Woonsocket
Namesake| City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Builder| Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin
Laid down| 12 August 1943
Launched| 27 September 1943
Commissioned| 1 September 1944
Decommissioned| 16 March 1946
Stricken| 14 May 1947
Fate| Transferred to the US Coast Guard, 16 March 1946
United States
Name| Woonsocket
Commissioned| 16 March 1944
Decommissioned| 18 September 1946
Fate| Sold to Peru, 1947
Peru
Name| Teniente Gálvez
Acquired| 1948
Decommissioned| 1961
Renamed| Gálvez
Reclassified| FE-1
Fate| Broken up
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 Woonsocket (PF-32) was a  Tacoma-class frigate in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sold to Peru in 1947, where she served as BAP Gálvez (F-1/FE-1) until 1961.

## Contents

* 1 Construction
* 2 Service history
* 3 Peruvian service
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Construction[edit]

USS Woonsocket (PF-32) was named for Woonsocket, Rhode Island. She was originally classified as PG-140 and re-designated PF-32 on 25 June 1943, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1443) on 12 August 1943 at the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company in Superior, Wisconsin; launched on 27 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Ernest E. Dupre, wife of the mayor of Woonsocket; ferried to the Boston Navy Yard for completion; accepted by the Navy on 27 July 1944; and commissioned with a Coast Guard crew on 1 September 1944, with Commander William J. Conley, USCG, in command.

## Service history[edit]

Following shakedown off Bermuda, Woonsocket returned to Boston for conversion to a weather ship before proceeding to Newfoundland, arriving at NS Argentia on 30 October. She performed meteorological charting duties off Newfoundland through the end of World War II and into the early months of 1946. She was decommissioned by the Navy on 16 March 1946 and recommissioned simultaneously by the Coast Guard on a loan basis. Woonsocket served with the Coast Guard until her final decommissioning on 18 September 1946 at New Orleans, Louisiana

## Peruvian service[edit]

For other ships with the same name, see BAP Gálvez.

Struck from the Navy list on 14 May 1947, the frigate was subsequently transferred to the Government of Peru. She served the Peruvian Navy first as Teniente Gálvez (F 1) and later simply as Gálvez. Reclassified FE-1, she was decommissioned in 1961, and later broken up.

## 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]

| Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Woonsocket (PF-32).

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* Photo gallery of USS Woonsocket (PF-32) at NavSource Naval History

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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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