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Sausalito (PF 4)

Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Queen - George

ex-PG-112

Sausalito was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II, and by the Navy during the Korean War.

Sausalito served the Navies of the United States, the Sovet Union and the Republic of Korea.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: Laid down under Maritime Commission Contract, (MC hull 1422), (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1), 7 April 1943 as Patrol Gunboat, PG-112 at Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA; Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-4, 15 April 1943; Launched, 20 July 1943; Commissioned USS Sausalito (PF-4), 4 March 1944; Decommissioned at Cold Harbor, Alaska, 16 August 1945; Loaned to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Program as
EK-13; Returned to U.S. custody 1 November 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Recommissioned at Yokosuka 15 September 1950; Decommissioned, 9 June 1952; Transferred 4 September 1952 on loan to the Republic of South Korea as Imchin (PF-66); Struck from the Navy Register 1 September 1972; Sold to the Republic of Korea, under the Security Assistance Program, 1 October 1973; Scrapped in 1973.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"; Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector, eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion two 240psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp verticle triple expansion J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Discription	Source
USS Sausalito (PF 4)
	89k	Dry docked at Yokosuka or Sasebo, Japan Photo by James E. Taylor	Mrs. Mary Taylor
	141k	Dry docked at Yokosuka or Sasebo, Japan Photo by James E. Taylor	Mrs. Mary Taylor
	22k	c. 1950 Yokosuka, Japan	Photo by Lawrence Lafalamme, ex-GM2, Korean War crewmember
	129k	c. 1951 Firing one of her 40mm gun mounts Photo by James E. Taylor	Mrs. Mary Taylor
Imchin (PF-66)
	123k	USS Ajax (AR 6) tending destroyers and patrol vessels at Sasebo, Japan. c. 14 December 1952. Ships nested along her port side include (left to right): USS The Sullivans (DD 537); USS McGowan (DD 678); USS Lewis Hancock (DD 675) and South Korean Frigate Imchin (PF 66), (ex-USS Sausalito [PF 4]). Nest of five minesweepers in the left distance includes: USS Heron (AMS 18); USS Curlew (AMS 8); USS Mockingbird (AMS 27); USS Gull (AMS 16) and USS Chatterer (AMS 40). U.S. Navy Photo 80-G-478506.	Naval Historical Center
	127k	Seen here in service as the South Korean Frigate Imchin (PG 66) outboard of USS Lewis Hancock (DD 675), USS McGowan (DD 678), USS The Sullivans (DD 537), and USS Ajax (AR 6). Sasebo, Japan. 14 December 1952 U.S. Navy Photo 80-G-478507.	Naval Historical Center
	108k	Seen here as the South Korean Frigate Imchin (PF 66). Underway, c. 1960. USN Photo NH 97331.	Naval Historical Center

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