USS Lorain (PF-93)

USS Lorain (PF-93)

USS Lorain (PF-93), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the first commissioned ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lorain, Ohio.

Lorain (PF-93) was authorized as Roanoke (PG-201) and laid down as Roanoke (PF-93) under a Maritime Commission contract by American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio, 25 October 1943. She was renamed Lorain on 7 February 1944; launched on 18 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Fred Henderson; and commissioned at Baltimore, Maryland, on 15 January 1945, with Lieutenant Commander James G. Ramsey, Jr., USCGR, in command.