USS Lorain (PF-97) [SEP] vessel class
USS Lorain (PF-97)
USS "Lorain" (PF-97) was a United States Navy authorized for construction during World War II but cancelled before construction could begin.
"Lorain" originally was authorized as a patrol gunboat named USS "Vallejo" with the hull number PG-205, but she was redesignated as a patrol frigate with the hull number PF-97 on 15 April 1943. She was renamed USS "Lorain" on 19 November 1943.
Plans called for "Lorain" to be built under a Maritime Commission contract by
the American Shipbuilding Company at Lorain, Ohio, as a Maritime Commission Type T. S2-S2-AQ1 hull. However, the contract for her construction for the U.S. Navy was cancelled on 11 February 1944 prior to the laying of her keel.
On 7 February 1944, four days before "Lorain"s cancellation, her incomplete sister ship, the "Tacoma"-class patrol frigate USS "Roanoke" (PF-93) was renamed USS "Lorain" (PF-93).
References.
- NavSource Online Frigate (PF) Index