Specifications - U.S.S. Davenport (PF-69)

Named:	The USS Davenport (PF-69) was named after the city of Davenport, Iowa
Builder:	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Class:	Tacoma
Length:	303' 1"
Beam:	37' 6"
Draft:	12' 8" fl
Displacement:	2,230 tons
Propulsion:	2-shaft VTE, 3 boilers
Range:	9,500 nm at 12 knots
Top speed:	20 knots
Complement:	190
Armament:	3 x 3"/50 (three three-inch, 50 cal. deck guns); 4 x 40 mm (two twin 40 mm Bofors); 9 x 20 mm (nine single 20 mm Oerlikons for anti-aricraft screening); 1 x Hedgehog, 8 x depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks. For those frigates fitted out for weather patrol duty, the after 3-inch gun was removed and a weather balloon hanger was added aft. The USS Davenport was refitted for weather patrol duty in Charleston, SC during June, 1945.

SOURCES:
The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Vol. V, No. 1.
Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1992, pp. 148-149.
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
USCG Cutters, Craft & Coast Guard-Manned Vessels: USS Davenport (PF-69)