High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Coronado (PF-38), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Coronado, California, a city adjacent to Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. Her keel was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation of Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1). She was originally authorized as a gunboat, being designated PG-146, but was redesignated as a Patrol Frigate (PF-38) on 15 April 1943. She was launched on 17 June 1943, sponsored by Mrs. J. R. Crutchfield, and commissioned on 17 November 1943 with Lieutenant Commander N. W. Sprow, United States Coast Guard, in command.

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