USS Corpus Christi, a 1430-ton Tacoma class frigate built at Wilmington, California, was commissioned in late January 1944 with a crew provided by the Coast Guard. After working up along the U.S. West Coast she crossed the Pacific to Australia, arriving at the Indian Ocean city of Perth in mid-July. She served there for the rest of World War II, assigned to assist in the training of submarine crews. The frigate also performed other duties on occasion, among them rescuing more than ninety survivors of the torpedoed merchant ship Peter Silvester in February 1945. Corpus Christi left Perth in late August 1945 to return to the U.S. After arriving at San Pedro, California, in early October she was converted into a weather ship and was loaned to the Coast Guard in April 1946. Returned to the Navy in July, USS Corpus Christi was decommissioned in early August 1946. She was sold in October 1947.
This page features our only view of USS Corpus Christi (PF-44).
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Photo #: NH 74296 USS Corpus Christi (PF-44) In port, circa 1945. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1971. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 525 pixels |
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Page made 23 March 2003