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Carson City (PF 50)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Yankee - Papa

ex-PG-158

Carson City served the Navies of the United States, the Union of Socialist Republic's and Japan.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as a Patrol Gunboat, PG-158; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-50, 15 April 1943; Laid down 28 September 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Wilmington, CA.; Launched 13 November 1943; Commissioned USS Carson City (PF-50), 24 March 1944; Decommissioned 29 August 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program 30 August 1945 to the Soviet Union as EK-22; Returned to U.S. custody 31 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Yokosuka; Transferred on loan to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force 30 April 1953 as Sakura (PF 290); Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Craft, YAC-16, 31 March 1966; Decommissioned 31 March 1971; Returned to U.S. custody 6 August 1971. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50AA 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 5,500 iHP J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	90k	c. 1945 In Alaskan waters Oil painting by Wayne Scarpaci		Art by Wayne

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