USS Alexandria (PF-18)

USS Alexandria (PF-18)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Alexandria.

Career (USA)
Name:	USS Alexandria
Builder:	American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio
Laid down:	23 June 1943
Launched:	15 January 1944
Commissioned:	11 March 1945
Decommissioned:	10 April 1946
Struck:	21 May 1946
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 18 April 1947
General characteristics
Class & type:	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement:	1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
Length:	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam:	37 ft 11 in (11.56 m)
Draft:	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines 3 boilers 2 shafts
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement:	190
Armament:	• 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns (3×1) • 4 × 40 mm guns (2×2) • 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1) • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar • 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors • 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Alexandria (PF-18), originally classified PG-126, a Tacoma-class frigate, was the second ship of the United States Navy to hold that name, but it was the first to be named for the city of Alexandria, Virginia.

The second Alexandria (PF-18) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1848) on 23 June 1943 at the American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio; launched on 15 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. J. Leslie Hall; and towed down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was fitted out and then commissioned on 11 March 1945, with Lieutenant Commander C. G. Houtsma, USCG, in command.