USS Pasco (Pf-6) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Pasco (PF-6), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Pasco, Washington. Pasco (PF-6) was laid down under Maritime Commission hull 1424, on 7 July 1943 at the Kaiser Cargo Company shipyard in Richmond, California; launched on 17 August 1943, sponsored by Miss Myrna Olson; and commissioned on 15 April 1944. After shakedown, Pasco reported to San Francisco, California, on 25 May, and continued patrol operations in the San Francisco-San Diego area until reporting to Kodiak to join the Alaskan Sea Frontier on 15 October. In January 1945, she returned to Seattle and guarded the northern Pacific coast.