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Burlington (PF 51)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Whiskey - Whiskey

ex-PG-159

Burlington served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Columbia.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-159; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-51, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by the Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Wilmington, CA.; Launched, 7 December 1943; Commissioned USS Burlington (PF-51), 3 April 1944; Decommissioned, 26 August 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program to the Soviet Union 27 August 1945; Returned to U.S. custody 14 November 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Yokosuka; Recommissioned, 5 January 1951 at Yokosuka; Placed out of commission in reserve at Yokosuka, 15 September 1952; Transferred to Columbia as Almirante Brion (F 14), 26 June 1953; Scrapped in 1968.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 194; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts (aft 3"/50 was removed and replaced with a weather balloon hanger), 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 - three drum expansion boilers, two 5,500 iHP J. Hendy Iron Works vertical triple expansion engines, no reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Burlington (PF 51)
	91k	c. January 1945 National Archives photo from Allied Escort Ships of World War II by Peter Elliott	Krlicbegovic Edib Bosnia & Hercegovina
Burlington (PF 51)
	149k	"New Columbian Frigate -- While a Navy band plays and the last group of American sailors prepares to disembark, Columbian crew members assemble before boarding their new ship, the patrol frigate Almirante Brion. The former USS Burlington (PF-51) was transferred from the United States Government to the Government of Columbia in ceremonies at the Yokosuka Naval Base on June 26, 1953." Photograph and caption were released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 2 July 1953. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. US Navy Photo NH 97178	Naval Historical Center
Almirante Brion (F 14)
	52k	c. 1965	Robert Hurst

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