&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Covington_(PF-56)_and_USS_Lorain_(PF-93)_docked_at_New_York_City_(USA)_on_11_May_1946_(NH_79870).jpg) USS Covington (PF-56) (left) and USS Lorain (right) docked at New York City, 1946, when the ships were on loan to the United States Coast Guard.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Roanoke (PG-201) |
| Namesake | Roanoke, Virginia |
| Reclassified | PF-93, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
| Laid down | 25 October 1943 |
| Renamed | USS Lorain (PF-93), 7 February 1944 |
| Namesake | Lorain, Ohio |
| Launched | 18 March 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Fred Henderson |
| Commissioned | 15 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 14 March 1946 |
| Fate | Sold to France, 26 March 1947 |
 France | |
| Name | Laplace (F13) |
| Acquired | 26 March 1947 |
| Reclassified | F713, c. 1952 |
| Fate | Sunk by a mine, 16 September 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
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USS Lorain (PF-93), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the first commissioned ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lorain, Ohio.
Lorain (PF-93) was authorized as Roanoke (PG-201) and laid down as Roanoke (PF-93) under a United States Maritime Commission contract by American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio, 25 October 1943. She was renamed Lorain on 7 February 1944; launched on 18 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Fred Henderson; and commissioned at Baltimore, Maryland, on 15 January 1945.