Editing Tacoma-class frigate (section)

{{Short description|Frigate class of ships of the United States Navy}}
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|Ship image=USS Peoria (PF-67).jpg
|Ship caption={{USS|Peoria|PF-67}} in June 1945
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{{Infobox ship class overview
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|Builders=*[[American Ship Building Company]], [[Cleveland, Ohio]] (7 ships) and [[Lorain, Ohio]] (6 ships)
*[[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], [[Wilmington, California]] (18 ships)
*[[Froemming Brothers]], [[Milwaukee]] (4 ships)
*[[Globe Shipbuilding Company]], [[Superior, Wisconsin]] (8 ships)
*[[Kaiser Cargo]], [[Richmond, California]] (12 ships)
*[[Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company]], [[Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin]] (8 ships)
*[[Walsh-Kaiser Company]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (21 ships)
*[[Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company]], Superior, Wisconsin (12 ships)<ref name="Conway's pp. 62, 148-149">Gardiner, Robert, ed., ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946'', New York: Mayflower Books, 1980, {{ISBN|0-8317-0303-2}}, pp. 62, 148–149.</ref>
|Operators=*{{navy|United States|1912}}
*[[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png|24px]] [[United States Coast Guard]]
*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
*{{navy|Soviet Union}}
*{{navy|Argentina}}
*{{navy|Belgium}}
*{{navy|Colombia}}
*{{navy|Cuba}}
*{{navy|Dominican Republic}}
*{{navy|Ecuador}}
*{{navy|France}}
*{{navy|Japan}}
*{{navy|South Korea}}
*{{navy|Mexico}}
*{{navy|Netherlands}}
*{{navy|Peru}}
*{{navy|Thailand}}
|Class before=[[Asheville-class frigate|''Asheville''-class]] patrol frigate
|Class after=none
|Subclasses=[[Colony-class frigate|Colony class]]
|Cost=$2.3 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pwencycl.kgbudge.com/T/a/Tacoma_class.htm|title=The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Tacoma Class, U.S. Frigates|website=www.pwencycl.kgbudge.com|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref>
|Built range=1943–1945
|In service range=
|In commission range=1943–2000
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=100
|Total ships completed=96
|Total ships cancelled=4
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=2
|Total ships retired=94
|Total ships preserved=3
}}
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|Ship type=[[Frigate]]
|Ship displacement= {{Tacoma class frigate displacement}}
|Ship length={{Tacoma class frigate length}}
|Ship beam= {{Tacoma class frigate beam}}
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|Ship draft={{Tacoma class frigate draft}}
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|Ship power={{Tacoma class frigate power}}
|Ship propulsion={{Tacoma class frigate propulsion}}
|Ship speed= {{Tacoma class frigate speed}}
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|Ship complement=190
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|Ship armament={{Tacoma class frigate armament}}
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The '''''Tacoma'' class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of 96 [[patrol frigate]]s which served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]]. Originally classified as [[gunboat]]s (PG), they were reclassified as patrol frigates (PF) on 15 April 1943. The class is named for its [[lead ship]], {{USS|Tacoma|PF-3|2}}, a [[Maritime Commission]] (MARCOM) S2-S2-AQ1 design, which in turn was named for the city of [[Tacoma, Washington]]. Twenty-one ships were transferred to the British [[Royal Navy]], in which they were known as [[Colony-class frigate]]s, and twenty-eight ships were transferred under [[Lend-Lease]] to the [[Soviet Navy]], where they were designated as ''storozhevoi korabl'' ("escort ships"), during World War II. All ''Tacoma''-class ships in US service during World War II were manned by [[United States Coast Guard]] crews. ''Tacoma''-class ships were transferred to the United States Coast Guard and various navies post-World War II.