USS Grand Forks (PF-11)
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Grand Forks (PF-11), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Grand Forks, North Dakota. Grand Forks was launched at the Kaiser Shipyards at Richmond, California on 27 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. T. H. Thoreson; and commissioned on 18 March 1944, with Lieutenant Commander Christian W. Peterson, USCG, in command. After shakedown, on 7 August 1944 Grand Forks sailed from San Francisco, California, to take station in the Northern Pacific off the California coast as a plane guard ship, returning to San Francisco on 3 September. She continued on this duty until decommissioning, spending an average of 3 weeks at sea and 2 in port. Late in the night...
ISBN: 978-6-1321-1711-3
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Дата выхода: июль 2011