USS Uniontown information

	USS Chattanooga (PF-65) is launched at the Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company shipyard at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on 7 August 1943, a year before she was renamed USS Uniontown just prior to commissioning.
History
United States
Name	Chattanooga (1943–1944); Uniontown (1944–1947);
Namesake	City of Chattanooga, Tennessee; City of Uniontown, Pennsylvania;
Builder	Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down	21 April 1943
Launched	7 August 1943
Commissioned	6 October 1944
Decommissioned	20 December 1945
Renamed	Uniontown, 16 August 1944
Reclassified	PF-65, 15 April 1943
Stricken	8 January 1946
Fate	Sold to Argentina, July 1947
Argentina
Name	Sarandi
Acquired	July 1947
Decommissioned	1968
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
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 Uniontown (PF-65), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

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History
USS Chattanooga (PF-65) is launched at the Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company shipyard at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on 7 August 1943, a year before she was renamed USS Uniontown just prior to commissioning.
United States
Name	Chattanooga (1943–1944) Uniontown (1944–1947)
Namesake	City of Chattanooga, Tennessee City of Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Builder	Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down	21 April 1943
Launched	7 August 1943
Commissioned	6 October 1944
Decommissioned	20 December 1945
Renamed	Uniontown, 16 August 1944
Reclassified	PF-65, 15 April 1943
Stricken	8 January 1946
Fate	Sold to Argentina, July 1947
Argentina
Name	Sarandi
Acquired	July 1947
Decommissioned	1968
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
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