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Glendale (PF-36)

Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - William - Baker

ex-PG-144

Glendale served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union and Thailand.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Laid down 6 April 1943 as Patrol Gunboat, PG-144 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Wilmington, CA; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-36, 15 April 1943; Launched, 28 May 1943; Commissioned USS Glendale (PF-36), 1 October 1943; Decommissioned, 12 June 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred 13 June 1945 under the Lend-Lease Program to the Soviet Union as EK-42; Returned to U.S. custody 16 November 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Recommissioned, 11 October 1950; Decommissioned, 29 October 1951; Transferred on loan to Thailand as HTMS Tachin (PF-1); Struck from the Navy Register 20 November 1951; Reclassified PF-411; Decommissioned 22 June 2000 and preserved as a memorial at Sattahib Naval Base. While converted to waterline display, her lower hull and machinery were removed, remaining parts were cut in blocks for transport inland by trucks. She was moved to the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School (pre-cadet school) at Nakonnayok province (about 150 km. north-east of Bangkok) and re-welded. She has been there since 9 July 2001 with all original armament remaining on board.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t (lt), 2,415 t. (fl); Length 303' 11"; Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts; Complement 214; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts, nine 20mm gun mounts, two dct, eight dcp, one dcp (hh); Propulsion two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Glendale (PF 36)
	90k	U.S. Navy photo from the September 1951 issue of All Hands magazine	Joe Radigan
	63k	Light-line transfer.	Fred Weiss
HTMS Tachin (PF 1)
	77k	Glendale and Gallup (PF-47) fly the flags of Thailand, during transfer ceremonies at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 29 October 1951. Both ships are still wearing their U.S. Navy numbers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.	Fred Weiss
	71k	c. 1953 Still wearing her U.S. Navy hull number Royal Thai Navy photo	Robert Hurst
	79k	.	.
HTMS Tachin (PF 411)
	46k	.	.
	130k	23 September 2006	NyeNAVA
	127k	23 September 2006	NyeNAVA
	132k	23 September 2006	NyeNAVA
	158k	23 September 2006	NyeNAVA
	156k	23 September 2006	NyeNAVA

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