commodore4 wrote:
Hi,Who would,ve guessed that as I write this I am looking at a line drawing of the U.S.S. ASHVILLE PF1!!There are some very interesting pictures concerning this class. Come to find out they(the ASHVILLE and her sister NATCHEZ were of the BRITISH "RIVER" class built for the U.S.)They were initially P.G. 101 and 102 respectively. The article is on page 123 of a book called "UNITED STATES NAVAL VESSELS" and it is a compendium of four reference books used by and for the U.S.N. in 1945.They blended all this info into a book that weighs 7 pounds.If you can find one they are about $40.00 USED.I got mine as a christmas(belated) gift.The one that I recieved was and is like brand new and it even smells new.In the article on the ASHVILLE there is no mention of her loss.The article only deals with the fact that after the first two the rest were called (LIST 1 ) and ( LIST 2 ) and the name was changed to the TACOMA CLASS.These vessels in list 1 went from hull number PF3 to PF100.List 2 went from PF 18 to PF 102 and the second list are classified as weather ships in parenthesis.If you can go to your library and see if they have a copy or can get you one on inter-library loan.I hope this sheds some light for you. On the facing page is a nice photo of PF 19 The HURON! that,s page 124. commodore 4
FYI - I believe you are talking about the second Asheville. The first Asheville was a PG, Patrol Gunboat. The second Asheville was a slightly larger vessel designated PF, Patrol Frigate. There is info on both on Navsource, under Patrol Vessels.