USS Gladwyne

History
United States
Name	Worcester
Namesake	City of Worcester, Massachusetts
Reclassified	PF-62, 15 April 1943
Builder	Globe Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number	116
Laid down	14 October 1943
Launched	7 January 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Phyllis M. Bennett
Renamed	Gladwyne
Namesake	City of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
Commissioned	21 November 1944
Decommissioned	15 April 1946
Stricken	8 October 1946
Fate	Transferred to Mexican Navy, 24 November 1947
Mexico
Name	Papaloapan
Namesake	Papaloapan River
Acquired	24 November 1947
Fate	Scrapped, 1965
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines 3 boilers 2 shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × 3"/50 dual purpose guns (3x1) 4 x 40 mm guns (2×2) 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1) 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge tracks

USS Gladwyne (PF-62), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. Originally named Worcester after Worcester, Massachusetts, the name was changed in order to give it to new light cruiser USS Worcester (CL-144) then under construction.