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USS Covington, a 1430-ton Tacoma class frigate built at Superior, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, was transferred to the Navy in August 1944 and placed in "ferry" commission. She was fully commissioned in mid-October 1944, with a crew provided by the U.S. Coast Guard. Covington was employed in the North Atlantic on weather patrol duties from December 1944 until early 1946. She was decommissioned by the Navy in March 1946 but continued in Coast Guard service until the following September. USS Covington was stricken from the list of Naval vessels in April 1947 and, in August of that year, sold to Ecuador. Renamed Guayas, she served in that nation's navy until 1972.
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Page made 6 November 2003