USS Key West (PF-17)
USS Key West (PF-17), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Key West, Florida.
The second Key West, PF-17, originally classified PG-125, was launched 29 December 1943 by the American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio, sponsored by Mrs. Vernon Lowe; sister of Lieutenant Harold Felton, the first resident of Key West reported missing in World War II; and commissioned at Houston, Texas, on 7 November 1944, with Lieutenant Commander B. Papanek, USCGR, in command.
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