USS Annapolis (PF-15)

USS Annapolis (PF-15), being launched sideways on 16 October 1943, due to constrictions of the harbor
History
United States
NameAnnapolis
NamesakeCity of Annapolis, Maryland
ReclassifiedPF-15, 15 April 1943
BuilderAmerican Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio
Yard number842
Laid down20 May 1943
Launched16 October 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Belva Grace McCready
Commissioned4 December 1944
Decommissioned29 May 1946
Stricken19 June 1946
FateSold to Mexican Navy, 24 November 1947
Mexico
NameGeneral Vicente Guerrero
NamesakeVicente Guerrero
Acquired24 November 1947
RenamedRio Usumacinta
NamesakeRio Usumacinta
FateScrapped 1964
General characteristics
Class and typeTacoma-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light
  • 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
Length303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam37 ft 11 in (11.56 m)
Draft13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement190
Armament

USS Annapolis (PF-15) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1946. She was the second ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Annapolis, Maryland. She later served in the Mexican Navy as ARM General Vicente Guerrero.