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Machias (PF 53)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Whiskey - Yankee

ex-PG-161

Machias 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-161; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-53, 15 April 1943; Laid down 8 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Froemming Brothers Inc., Milwaukee, Wisc; Launched 22 August 1943; Commissioned USS Machias (PF-53), 29 March 1944; Decommissioned 12 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program 13 July 1945 to the Soviet Union as EK-9; Returned to U.S. custody in October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Yokosuka; Transferred 14 January 1953 on loan to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force as Nara (PF-2); Redesignated PF-282, 1 September 1957; Struck From the Navy Register 1 December 1961; Transferred outright to Japan, 28 August 1962; Decommissioned 31 March 1966 and converted to a non-self propelled dockside trainer YTE-3; Decommissioned 31 March 1969 and sold for scrap.

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 steam engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Discription		Source
	67k	At anchor at the time she was completed, circa March 1944. The original photograph has been annotated to identify SA and SL radar antennas mounted on the ship's foremast. U.S. Navy photo NH 64670		Naval Historical Center
	72k	c. August 1945		Robert Hurst

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