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Sandusky (PF 54)



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Xray - Alpha

ex-PG-162


Sandusky 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-162; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-54, 15 April 1943; Laid down 8 July 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Froemming Brothers Inc., Milwaukee, Wisc.; Launched 5 October 1943; Commissioned USS Sandusky (PF-54), 18 April 1944 at New Orleans, LA; Decommissioned 12 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program 13 July 1945 to the Soviet Union as EK-10; Returned to U.S. custody 15 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Yokosuka; Transferred on loan to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) 26 February 1953 as Nire (PF 287); Struck From the Naval Register, 1 December 1961; Transferred outright to Japan, 28 August 1962; Reclassified as a Auxiliary Stock Craft, YAC-19, 31 March 1969; Decommissioned by JMSDF 31 March 1970; Returned to U.S. custody 9 June 1977. 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 steam engines, two shafts.

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