USS Van Buren (PF-42)

USS Van Buren (PF-42) conducting a speed trial over the measured mile off Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California, 11 January 1944
History
United States
Name	Van Buren
Namesake	City of Van Buren, Arkansas
Ordered	as a Type S2-S2-AQ1 hull, MCE hull 1453[1]
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California
Reclassified	Patrol Frigate (PF), 15 April 1943
Laid down	24 June 1943
Launched	27 July 1943
Commissioned	17 December 1943
Decommissioned	6 May 1946
Stricken	19 June 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: PG-150 Hull symbol: PF-42 Call sign: NZWK
Honors and awards	3 × battle stars
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1946
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,450 t) (light load) 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) (full load)
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Installed power	2 × 3-Drum express boilers , 240 psi (1,700 kPa) 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engine 2 × shafts
Speed	20.3 kn (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 9 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts 2 × Depth charge tracks 8 × Depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog

USS Van Buren (PG-150/PF-42), a Tacoma-class frigate patrol frigate, was the second ship of the United States Navy to hold this name. The first Van Buren, a revenue cutter, was named for President Martin Van Buren; the second Van Buren honors Van Buren, Arkansas.^[3]