USS Natchez (PF-2)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Natchez |
| Namesake: | Natchez, Mississippi |
| Builder: | Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, Quebec |
| Laid down: | 16 March 1942 as HMS Annan |
| Launched: | 12 September 1942 |
| Acquired: | 20 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1942 |
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| Decommissioned: | 11 October 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold into civilian service, 29 July 1947; subsequently sold to Dominican Navy, 19 March 1948 |
 Dominican Republic
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| Name: | Juan Pablo Duarte |
| Namesake: | Juan Pablo Duarte |
| Acquired: | 19 March 1948 |
| Identification: | F102 |
| Fate: | ran aground, 1949; sold for use as personal yacht, c. 1957; scrapped, 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | River-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,360 tons |
| Length: | 301 ft 6 in (91.90 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 6 in (11.13 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
| Propulsion: | two 225 psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500 shp (4,100 kW) Canadian Vickers vertical triple expansion steam engines, two shaft. |
| Speed: | 20.3 knots (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph) |
| Complement: | 194 |
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USS Natchez (PG-102/PF-2) was a River-class frigate (known as an Asheville-class patrol frigate in US service) acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was originally ordered and laid down as HMS Annan for the Royal Navy, and renamed as HMCS Annan for the Royal Canadian Navy before transfer to the U.S. Navy before launch. She was used for anti-submarine patrol work during the war.
Post-war, she was decommissioned and ended up in the hands of the Dominican Navy as Juan Pablo Duarte in 1947, but ran aground and taken out of service in 1949. In 1950 she was sold to Puerto Rican engineer Félix Benítez as a private yacht. The ship was broken up in 1959.
Natchez was laid down on 16 March 1942 by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada as HMS Annan, later designated as HMCS Annan. Due to a lack of American patrol vessels she was transferred to the U.S. Navy on 20 July 1942. Launched on 12 September 1942, she was named USS Natchez (PG-102) on 8 October 1942 and commissioned at Ottawa, Ontario on 16 December 1942.
Natchez sailed under escort to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving at the Boston Navy Yard 16 January 1943 for fitting out. On 1 March she reported for duty to Commander Eastern Sea Frontier and was assigned escort duty for merchant convoys between Cuba and New York City. Natchez was redesignated as PF-2 on 15 April 1943.
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