USS Newport (PF-27), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Newport, Rhode Island.
The second Newport (PF–27) was laid down by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company, in Superior, Wisconsin, on 8 June 1943; launched on 15 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Nicholas Brown; and commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 8 September 1944, with Lieutenant Commander G. L. Holt, USCG, in command.