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Coronado (PF 38)



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Whiskey - Delta

ex-PG-146


Coronado 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-146; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-38, 15 April 1943; Laid down 6 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Consolidated Steel Corp., Los Angeles, CA.; Launched 17 June 1943; Commissioned USS Coronado (PF-38), 17 November 1943; Decommissioned 12 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program to the Soviet Union as EK-6, 13 July 1945; Returned to U.S. custody 16 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Transferred on loan under the Mutual Assistance Program to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force as Sugi (PF 285), 14 January 1953; Decommissioned 31 March 1969; Returned to U.S. custody 9 July 1971. Fate unknown.

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.

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Coronado 52k c. 1954
Sugi (PF 285)		 Robert Hurst
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