Allied Warships

USS Natchez (PF-2)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantPF-2 
Built byCanadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Mar 1942 
Launched12 Sep 1942 
Commissioned16 Dec 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Laid down as HMS Annan (K-297).
Redesignated HMCS Annan (K-297).
Aquired by the US Navy on 20 July 1942 and reclassified as Natchez (PG-102) on 8 October 1942.
Decommissioned 11 October 1945.
Stricken at an unknown date.
Sold 29 July 1947.
Resold 19 March 1948 to the Dominican Republic being renamed Juan Pablo Doarte (F-102).
Juan Pablo Doarte was sunk in 1957.

 
Former nameHMCS Annan

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Noteable events involving Natchez include:


30 Apr 1945
The German submarine U-879 was sunk east of Cape Hatteras, USA, in position 36º34'N, 74º00'W, by depth charges from the US patrol frigate USS Natchez and the US destroyer escorts USS Coffman, USS Bostwick and USS Thomas. (see map)

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