United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 41.4995, -81.695411944"Cleveland, Ohio, 20 May 1944. U.S.S. Forsyth. This 303-foot frigate launched from the Cleveland yards of the American Ship Building Company. Herman Talmadge was born in Forsyth County. The people of Forsyth raised much money in war bonds. Carl Vinson had something to do with getting the ship."--from field notes2003/07/21: The <I>USS Forsyth</I> (PF - 102) was launched during World War II (May 1944) by the American Shipbuilding Company. Sponsored by Miss Mary Persons, she was commissioned in February 1945 under the command of LCDR E. M. Osborne, USCGR. The final military action of the Battle of the Atlantic ended when the Coast Guard-manned <I>Durant</I> and <I>Vance</I> accepted the surrender of U-873, and the U-234 surrendered to the <I>USS Forsyth</I>. The <I>USS Forsyth</I> was decommissioned in New Orleans, Louisiana on 2 August 1946.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/FrigatesArmed ForcesPolitics and governmentTransportation[Photograph of the U.S.S. Forsyth, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, 1944 May 20]StillImage