USS El Paso (PF-41)

History
United States
Name	El Paso
Namesake	City of El Paso, Texas
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California
Launched	16 July 1943
Commissioned	1 December 1943
Decommissioned	18 July 1946
Honors and; awards	3 × battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 14 October 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	2,230 long tons (2,266 t)
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
Propulsion	2-shaft Vertical Triple Expansion turbines; 3 boilers; 2 shafts;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 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 × depth charge projectors; 2 × Depth charge tracks;

USS El Paso (PF-41) was a Tacoma-class frigate crewed by the United States Coast Guard for the United States Navy. She was named after El Paso, a city in Western Texas along the border with New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

El Paso was launched on 16 July 1943 at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., in Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. J. L. Kaster and commissioned on 1 December 1943.