USS Macon (PF-96)

USS Macon (PF-96) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate authorized for construction during World War II but cancelled before construction could begin.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Macon.

History
United States
Name:	Macon
Namesake:	City of Macon, Georgia
Builder:	American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio
Laid down:	Canceled
Reclassified:	From patrol gunboat, PG-204, to patrol frigate, PF-96, 15 April 1943
Fate:	Construction contract cancelled 31 December 1943
General characteristics
Class and type:	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement:	1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
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 dual purpose guns (3x1) 4 x 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

Macon originally was authorized as a patrol gunboat with the hull number PG-204, but she was redesignated as a patrol frigate with the hull number PF-96 on 15 April 1943. She was assigned the name Macon on 30 August 1943.

Plans called for Macon to be built under a Maritime Commission contract by the American Shipbuilding Company at Lorain, Ohio, as a Maritime Commission Type T. S2-S2-AQ1 hull. However, the contract for her construction for the U.S. Navy was cancelled on 31 December 1943 prior to the laying of her keel.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online Frigate (PF) Index