Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Frigate |
Class | Tacoma |
Pennant | PF-65 |
Built by | Leatham D Smith Shipyard (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 8 Dec 1942 |
Laid down | 21 Apr 1943 |
Launched | 7 Aug 1943 |
Commissioned | 6 Oct 1944 |
End service | 20 Dec 1945 |
History | Decommissioned 20 December 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Uniontown (PF-65)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Richard Eugene Morell, USCG | 6 Oct 1944 | 14 Apr 1945 (1) |
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Notable events involving Uniontown include:
22 Apr 1945
USS R-1 (Lt. W.A. Schoenfeld, USN) conducted A/S exercises off Casco Bay, Maine together with USS Uniontown (Lt. R.K. Safford, USCGR) and USS Muskegon (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Home, USCGR).