Allied Warships
USS Corpus Christi (PF-44)
Frigate of the Tacoma class
USS Corpus Chrisi (PF-44). US Navy photo NH 74296.
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Tacoma |
| Pennant | PF-44 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp. (Wilmington, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 8 Dec 1942 |
| Laid down | 17 Jul 1943 |
| Launched | 17 Aug 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 Jan 1944 |
| End service | 2 Aug 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned 2 August 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Corpus Christi (PF-44)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. William W Childress, USCG | 29 Jan 1944 | ??? (1) |
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Notable events involving Corpus Christi include:
2 Aug 1944
HMAS Adelaide (A/Capt. L.E. Tozer, RAN), HMAS Dubbo (Lt.Cdr. W.J.C. Webb, RANR) and HMAS Horsham (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.H. Newby, RANR(S)), USS Corpus Christie (Cdr. W.W. Childress, USCG) and USS Isabel (Lt. E.G. Zacher, USNR) conducted exercises off Fremantle with the submarines USS Hake (T/Lt.Cdr. F.E. Hayler, USN), USS Harder (T/Cdr. S.D. Dealey, USN), USS Jack (T/Cdr. A.E. Krapf, USN), USS Flier (T/Cdr. J.D. Crowley, USN) and USS Redfin (T/Cdr. M.H. Austin, USN). (2)
5 Aug 1944
HMAS Adelaide (A/Capt. L.E. Tozer, RAN) and HMAS Dubbo (Lt.Cdr. W.J.C. Webb, RANR) conducted radar tracking and gunnery exercises off Fremantle. They then joined USS Corpus Christie (Cdr. W.W. Childress, USCG) and USS Isabel (Lt. E.G. Zacher, USNR) for exercises with the submarines USS Hake (T/Lt.Cdr. F.E. Hayler, USN) and USS Harder (T/Cdr. S.D. Dealey, USN). (2)
13 Feb 1945
USS Corpus Christi picks up 92 survivors from the American merchant Peter Silvester that was torpedoed and sunk on 6 February by German U-boat U-862 south-west of Australia in position 34°19'S, 99°37'E.
Sources
- http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pf44.htm
- Report of proceedings of HMAS Adelaide for August 1944