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San Pedro (PF 37)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Uniform - Echo

ex-PG-145

San Pedro 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-145; Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-37, 15 April 1943; Laid down, 17 April 1943 under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1448), by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Wilmington, CA.; Launched, 11 June 1943; Commissioned USS San Pedro (PF-37), 23 October 1943; Decommissioned, 12 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program to the Soviet Union as EK-5, 13 July 1945; Returned to U.S. custody 17 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Transferred on loan to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, 2 April 1953 as Kaya (PF 288); Struck from the Navy Register 1 December 1961; Transferred outright to Japan, 28 August 1962; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Craft, YAC-23; Decommissioned 1 April 1977; Returned to U.S. custody 26 July 1978. Fate unknown.

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 Description		Source
	187k	c. 1943 U.S. Navy Photo		Joe Radigan
	86k	c. 1943 Anchored in San Pedro harbor Bureau of Ships photo from Allied Escort Ships of World War II by Peter Elliott		Krlicbegovic Edib Bosnia & Hercegovina

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