USS Dearborn (PF-33)

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Laid down:
Launched:	27 September 1943
Commissioned:	10 September 1944
Decommissioned:	5 June 1946
Struck:
Fate:	sold for scrapping 8 July 1947
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1,264 tons
Length:	303 ft 11 in
Beam:	37 ft 6 in
Draft:	13 ft 8 in
Propulsion:	Three boilers 2 × 5,500 SHP turbines two shafts
Speed:	20 knots
Range:
Complement:	190
Armament:	3 × 3 in/50 guns (3x1) 4 × 40mm guns (2x2) 9 × 20mm (9x1) 1 × Hedgehog projector 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge racks
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USS Dearborn (PF-33), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Dearborn, Michigan.

Dearborn (PF-33) was launched on 27 September 1943 by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company of Superior, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. R. C. Dahlinger of Dearborn, Michigan; and commissioned on 10 September 1944, with Lieutenant Commander F. F. Nichols, USCG, in command.

Sailing from Boston, Massachusetts, on 3 November 1944, Dearborn arrived at Argentia, Newfoundland, 4 days later for duty on weather patrol. She had similar duty off Bermuda, as well as plane guard and rescue duty until 30 April 1946 when she arrived at Boston. On 7 May, she departed for Charleston, South Carolina, arriving 2 days later. Dearborn was decommissioned there on 5 June 1946, and sold on 8 July 1947.