Name: PF-16
Date: May 20, 1943 to November 24, 1947
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Topic: Organization / Military Unit or Ship

Description

The USS Bangor was the name for PF-16, a US Navy Tacoma-class patrol frigate in World War 2.

The ship had a complement of 180 or 190 men. During the war it was part of anti-submarine screens for convoys between the U.S. and North Africa. It participated in at least one depth charge attack.

They spent VE-Day at anchor in Oran. Then they sailed for the Pacific and trained in the Panama Canal Zone. On VJ-Day they were in Seattle, Washington.

Sailors who served on PF-16

• Alfred W. Jones
• Edward B. Whitten

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U.S.S. Bangor docked Ed Whitten, USS Bangor, Where: [location?], When: November 1944 [Is this right?], Comments: 1. [details]

U.S.S. Bangor underway Ed Whitten, USS Bangor, Where: [location?], When: 1944 [Is this right?], Comments: 3. [details]

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