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Tacoma (PF 3)
ex-PG-111



Call sign:
November - Xray - Whiskey - Charlie


Tacoma served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union and South Korea.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Lead ship of Tacoma Class Patrol Frigates; Laid down under Maritime Commission Contract, (MC hull 1421), 10 March 1943 as aPatrol Gunboat, PG-111 at Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA; Reclassified a Patrol Frigate PF-3, 15 April 1943; Named Tacoma, 5 May 1943; Launched, 7 July 1943; Commissioned USS Tacoma (PF-3), 6 November 1943; Decommissioned at Cold Harbor, Alaska, 16 August 1945; Loaned to USSR and renamed EK-12; Returned to U.S. custody, 16 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Recommissioned, 1 December 1950; Decommissioned, early October 1951; Transferred to the Republic of Korea, 9 October 1951 and renamed Taedong (PF-63); Returned to U.S. custody, 28 February 1973; Struck from the Naval Register, 20 April 1973; Donated to ROK Navy 1 June 1973 as a museum and training ship.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t (lt), 2,415 t. (fl); Length 303' 11"; Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts; Complement 190; Armament three single 3"/50 gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts, nine 20mm gun mounts, two dct, eight dcp, one dcp (hh).

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Tacoma 65k U.S. Coast Guard Photo Mike Hanlon
Tacoma 97k . .
Tacoma 98k 11 December 1943
Off San Francisco. She was at Mare Island for repairs from 16 June 1944 to 10 October 1944 and was in dry dock No. 2 from 23 - 26 June 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo 8157-43		 Darryl L. Baker
Tacoma 145k 11 December 1943
View of Tacoma off San Francisco.
U.S. Navy Photo 8164-43		 Darryl L. Baker
Tacoma 83k 11 December 1943
Stern view of Tacoma off San Francisco.
U.S. Navy Photo 8166-43		 Darryl L. Baker
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