High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Allentown (PF-52), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Allentown, Pennsylvania. Allentown (PF-52) was laid down on 23 March 1943 at the Froemming Brothers, Inc. shipyard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1477); launched on 3 July 1943, sponsored by Miss Joyce E. Beary; moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was outfitted and placed in commission on 24 March 1944, with Commander Garland W. Collins, USCG, in command.