USS Moberly (PF-63)

USS Moberly (PF-63)

USS Moberly (PF-63), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Moberly, Missouri.

Moberly (PF-63), originally designated as PG-171, was reclassified PF-63 on 15 April 1943; laid down as Scranton under Maritime Commission contract by Globe Shipbuilding Company in Superior, Wisconsin, on 3 November 1943; launched on 26 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Howard J. Snowden; renamed Moberly on 28 June 1944; placed "in service" from 1 to 7 September during transfer to Houston, Texas, for completion of construction by Brown Shipbuilding; and commissioned at Houston on 11 December 1944, with Lieutenant Commander Leslie B. Tollaksen, USCG, in command.