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After her repairs were completed in September, Bangor cruised the waters off Alaska with her sister ship Annapolis (PF 15) before reporting to Bremerton, Wash., to serve as a rescue and weather ship for the Coast Guard. On 15 April 1946, Bangor was decommissioned by the Navy and recommissioned by the Coast Guard as one of 18 frigates used for weather reporting. Bangor rotated with other ships on weather station east of the Hawaiian Islands. Generally remaining at sea for six weeks at a time, the frigate also provided navigational information to any aircraft or surface vessel requiring assistance and assumed search and rescue duties for vessels in distress.

After her repairs were completed in September, Bangor cruised the waters off [[Alaska]] with her sister ship Annapolis (PF 15) before reporting to Bremerton, Wash., to serve as a rescue and weather ship for the Coast Guard. On 15 April 1946, Bangor was decommissioned by the Navy and recommissioned by the Coast Guard as one of 18 frigates used for weather reporting. Bangor rotated with other ships on weather station east of the Hawaiian Islands. Generally remaining at sea for six weeks at a time, the frigate also provided navigational information to any aircraft or surface vessel requiring assistance and assumed search and rescue duties for vessels in distress.

As 1946 passed, small seaplane tenders (AVP) replaced the frigates; Bangor was decommissioned by the Coast Guard on 16 August and returned to the Navy. Bangor was declared excess to the Navy's needs, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 23 April 1947. She was sold to Mexico on 24 November 1947, and was renamed Golfo de Tehuantepec.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b2-list.htm]</ref>

As 1946 passed, small seaplane tenders (AVP) replaced the frigates; Bangor was decommissioned by the Coast Guard on 16 August and returned to the Navy. Bangor was declared excess to the Navy's needs, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 23 April 1947. She was sold to [[Mexico]] on 24 November 1947, and was renamed Golfo de Tehuantepec.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b2-list.htm]</ref>

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