From: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. 1, p 166


Brunswick

Brunswick is a city in Georgia.


(PF-68: dp. 1430 ; 1. 303'11" ; b. 37'6" ; dr. 13'8" ; s. 20.3k. ; cpl. 190 ; a. 2 3" ; cl. Tacoma)

Brunswick (PF-68) was launched 6 November 1943 by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wis.; sponsored by Mrs. K. G. Berrie, wife of the Mayor of Brunswick, Ga.; and commissioned 3 October 1944, Lieutenant Commander B. B. Sherry, USCG, in command.

Between 11 December 1944 and 7 June 1945 the Coast Guard manned Brunswick served as a convoy escort vessel on three voyages between the east coast and Oran, Algeria, and return.

On 7 June 1945 she entered Philadelphia Navy Yard for conversion to a weather ship and then served on weather patrol in the North Atlantic from 9 July 1945 until 24 March 1946. She then commenced her pre-inactivation overhaul at Boston and was decommissioned 3 May 1946. Brunswick was sold 9 April 1947.