PHAM NGU LAO (HQ 01) class PF

 1 FRIGATE (ex-US BARNEGAT class)

 Pennant   Name             Launched     Completed    Status
 HQ 01     PHAM NGU LAO       1942         1943       uncertain

 (ex-THAM NGU LAO, ex-USCGC ABSECON, WHEC 374, ex-US AVP 23)

The HQ 01 was built and operated by the U.S. Navy as a small seaplane tender during World War II. She subsequently operated as a high endurance cutter in U.S. Coast Guard service from 1948 to 1971, after which she was transferred to South Vietnam for service as...