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Poughkeepsie (PF 26)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Tango - Quebec

ex-PG-134

Poughkeepsie served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union and Japan.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-134; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-26, 15 April 1943; Laid down 3 June 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched 12 August 1943; Commissioned USS Poughkeepsie (PF-26), 6 September 1944; Decommissioned 1 October 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend Lease Program to the Soviet Union as EK-25, 2 October 1945; Returned to U.S. custody 31 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Transferred on loan to Japan 14 January 1953 as Momi (PF 284); Struck from the Navy Register 1 December 1961; Transferred outright to Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, 28 August 1962; Decommissioned by Japan, 1 April 1965; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Vessel, YAC-13, 31 March 1965; Discontinued use 31 March 1970; Returned to U.S. custody 12 July 1971; Transferred to South Korea for cannibalization.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11" (oa); 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 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp Valley Iron Works vertical triple expansion steam engines, two shafts.

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