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The list of frigate classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within. Beihai Type 053H, 053H1, 053H2, 053H1Q, 053H1G frigate (NATO codename Jianghu I, II, III, IV, V) Builders: China (Jiangnan Shipyard and Hudong Shipyard in ...
Pages in category "Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of frigates of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. It includes all of the hull classification symbols FF and FFG. Prior to the 1975 ship reclassification , ships that are now classified as FF or FFG were classified as DE or DEG ( destroyer escort ).
USS Annapolis (PF-15) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1946. She was the second ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Annapolis, Maryland . She later served in the Mexican Navy as ARM General Vicente Guerrero .
Pages in category "Frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States Navy" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
USS Charlottesville (PF-25), a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, has been the only US Navy ship thus far to be named for Charlottesville, Virginia. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-1 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Matsu (PF-6) , JDS Matsu (PF-286) and YAS-36 .
Groton (PF-29), formerly classified as PG-137, was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company, Inc., in Superior, Wisconsin, on 14 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Percy Palmer; and commissioned on 5 September 1944.
American frigates were also very heavily armed; the USN's 44s carried 24-pound cannon as opposed to the 18-pounders usual in frigates, and like most ships of the period carried more than their nominal rate, 56 guns or more. On the other hand, the USN classed ships with 20 to 26 guns as "third-class frigates", whereas the Royal Navy did not.