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USS Davenport (PF-69)
USS ''Davenport'' (PF-69), a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Davenport, Iowa.
''Davenport'' (PF-69), originally classified as PG-177, was launched on 8 December 1943 by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. E. Frick; transferred to the Navy on 1 June 1944 and placed in service the same day; placed out of service for additional work a week later; and commissioned in full on 15 February 1945, with Commander H. F. Stolfi, USCG, in command of a crew of 215 USCG officers and enlisted men.
==Service history==
Departing Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 April 1945, ''Davenport'' joined and for an anti-submarine patrol off Casco Bay. She returned to New York on 24 April, and three days later got underway to escort a convoy to Mers El Kébir, Algeria, returning to Norfolk on 7 June. Two days later she entered the Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina, for conversion to a weather ship. This involved removing the number three gun and installing in its place a hangar used to house meteorological equipment and to inflate and launch weather balloons.
''Davenport'' stood out from Charleston on 26 June 1945, and on 1 July took station off NS Argentia, Newfoundland to report meteorological data. She remained on this duty until 21 October aside from the period 6 August to 21 during which she towed to Reykjavík, Iceland. Arriving at Boston Navy Yard 25 October, ''Davenport'' remained there until decommissioned on 4 February 1946. She was sold 6 June 1946.
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