USS Machias (PF-53)
USS Machias (PF-53) c. March 1944
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United States | |
Name | Machias |
Namesake | City of Machias, Maine |
Reclassified | PF-53, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | |
Laid down | 8 May 1943 |
Launched | 22 August 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. W. Richard Bernays |
Commissioned | 29 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
Honors and awards | 2 battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945[1] |
Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, October 1949 |
Fate | Transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 14 January 1953 |
Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-4[3] |
Acquired | 12 July 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 12 July 1945[2] |
Fate | Returned to United States, October 1949 |
Japan | |
Name | Nara |
Acquired |
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Reclassified | PF-282, 1 September 1957 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1966 |
Renamed | YTE-8, 31 March 1966 |
Reclassified | Pier-side training ship (YTE), 31 March 1966 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 1969 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
Armament |
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The second USS Machias (PF-53) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945 which later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-4 and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Nara (PF-2), JDS Nara (PF-282) and YTE-8.
Construction and commissioning
Machias originally was authorized as a patrol
Service history
Ready for sea duty by 17 July 1944, Machias patrolled off the
The task group departed New York on 16 August 1944, and by 28 August 1944 it had transited the
On 15 November 1944, following a brief stay at
Machias departed
Machias was
In February 1946, the United States began negotiations for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Union for use during World War II. On 8 May 1947,
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1953–1971
Reverting to her original name, Machias remained at Yokosuka in a caretaker status in the
The U.S. Navy struck Machias's name from the
Awards
- American Campaign Medal
- battle stars
- World War II Victory Medal
- Medal "For the Victory over Japan" (Soviet Union)
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Machias (PF-53), 1944–1953
- NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive: Machias (PF 53) ex-PG-161
- "The Naval Database: JMSDF Kusu class patrol frigate (PF282) Nara" (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, reports that the transfer date was 12 July 1945. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.
- ^ large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of USS Coronado (PF-38), which Russell says typified the transfer process. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.
- ^ ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, reports that the ship's Soviet name was EK-4. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.
- ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 25.
- ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 27, 39.
- ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 37-38, 39.