USS Abilene

History
United States
Name	Abilene
Namesake	City of Abilene, Kansas
Builder	Globe Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin
Laid down	6 May 1943
Launched	21 August 1943
Commissioned	28 October 1944
Decommissioned	21 August 1946
Stricken	13 November 1946
Fate	Sold, 5 May 1947
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Cirrus
Acquired	5 May 1947
Fate	Scrapped, 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Type	S2-S2-AQ1
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,450 t) (standard load); 2,100 long tons (2,100 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; 11,000 indicated horsepower (8,200 kW);
Propulsion	2 × Valley Iron Works engines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	20.3 kn (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm) caliber guns; 2 × twin 40 mm Bofors guns; 9 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons; 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × Depth charge tracks;

USS Abilene (PF-58), a Tacoma-class frigate, was in the service of the United States Navy, named after the city of Abilene, Kansas.

History

United States
Name	Abilene
Namesake	City of Abilene, Kansas
Builder	Globe Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin
Laid down	6 May 1943
Launched	21 August 1943
Commissioned	28 October 1944
Decommissioned	21 August 1946
Stricken	13 November 1946
Fate	Sold, 5 May 1947
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Cirrus
Acquired	5 May 1947
Fate	Scrapped, 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Type	S2-S2-AQ1
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,450 t) (standard load) 2,100 long tons (2,100 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 11,000 indicated horsepower (8,200 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Valley Iron Works engines 2 × shafts
Speed	20.3 kn (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm) caliber guns 2 × twin 40 mm Bofors guns 9 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge tracks