USS Muskogee

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History
United States
NameMuskogee
NamesakeCity of Muskogee, Oklahoma
ReclassifiedPF-49, 15 April 1943
Builder
Wilmington, California
Yard number534
Laid down18 September 1943
Launched18 October 1943
Sponsored byMrs. S. B. Hudson
Commissioned16 March 1944
Decommissioned26 August 1945
Honors and
awards		1
battle star, World War II
FateTransferred to Soviet Navy, 26 August 1945[1]
AcquiredReturned by Soviet Navy, 1 November 1949
FateTransferred to Republic of Korea Navy, 23 October 1950
Stricken15 September 1972
Soviet Union
NameEK-19
Acquired26 August 1945[1]
Commissioned26 August 1945[2]
FateReturned to United States, 1 November 1949
South Korea
NameDuman
Acquired23 October 1950
Fateunknown
General characteristics
Class and typeTacoma-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light
  • 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
Length303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement190
Armament

USS Muskogee (PF-49), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, thus far has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Muskogee, Oklahoma. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-19 and in the Republic of Korea Navy as ROKS Dumon (PF-61).

Construction and commissioning

Originally classified as a patrol

launched on 18 October 1943, sponsored by Mrs. S. B. Hudson, wife of the mayor of Muskogee, and commissioned
on 16 March 1944.

Service history

US Navy, World War II, 1944-1945

After training and exercises off the California coast, Muskogee, manned by a

Anti-submarine
patrol and screening for ships operating around New Guinea were her primary duties into October 1944.

On 18 October 1944 she got underway screening the second reinforcement group bound for

transports and supply ships under numerous Japanese air attacks while waiting for a group of empty tank landing shipss
to form up for the return passage. As her convoy retired on 26 October 1944, Japanese aircraft again attacked it, and Muskogee joined in downing several enemy aircraft. A second escort voyage to Leyte in early November 1944 was less eventful.

Concluding her New Guinea patrols, Muskogee arrived in

Washington. After undergoing repairs and conversion at Seattle in preparation for her transfer, Muskogee steamed to Cold Bay, where she soon began training her new Soviet crew.[3]

Soviet Navy, 1945–1949

Following the completion of training for her Soviet crew, Muskogee was

Soviet Far East.[3]

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,

James V. Forrestal informed the United States Department of State that the United States Department of the Navy wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned, EK-19 among them. Negotiations for the return of the ships were protracted, but on 1 November 1949 the Soviet Union finally returned EK-19 to the U.S. Navy at Yokosuka, Japan.[4]

Republic of Korea Navy, 1950- ?

Reverting to her original name, Muskogee lay idle in the

Security Assistance Program
on 1 October 1973. Her final disposition is unknown.

Awards

The US Navy awarded Muskogee one

battle star
for her World War II service.

References
  1. ^
    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 26 August 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.
  2. ^
    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.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-945274-35-1
    , p. 39.
  4. ISBN 0-945274-35-1
    , pp. 37–38, 39.

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