USS Uniontown

USS Uniontown was a destroyer escort of the Tacoma-class frigate of the United States Navy. She was named for City of Chattanooga. Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin laid her keel on 21 April 1943. She entered service on 6 October 1944, having been launched on 7 August 1943.

76 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Asheville-class patrol frigate and was succeeded by the none.

Displacement was 1,264 long tons. She measured 92.3 m (303 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 190. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as Chattanooga (1943–1944) until 20 December 1945. She then passed to the Argentine Navy, serving as Sarandi from July 1947. She was in commission for 331 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 20 December 1945. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1946.

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