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PG-112 / PF-4 Sausalito

Sausalito was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II, and by the Navy during the Korean War.


Sausalito served the Navies of the United States, the Sovet Union and the Republic of Korea.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: Laid down under Maritime Commission Contract, (MC hull 1422), (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1), 7 April 1943 as Patrol Gunboat, PG-112 at Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA; Reclassified a Patrol Frigate PF-4, 15 April 1943; Launched, 20 July 1943; Commissioned USS Sausalito (PF-4), 4 March 1944; Decommissioned at Cold Harbor, Alaska, 16 August 1945; Loaned to the USSR under the Lend-Lease Program, renamed EK-13; Returned to U.S. custody at Yokosuka, Japan, 1 November 1949; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan; Recommissioned at Yokosuka, Japan, 15 September 1950; Decommissioned, 9 June 1952; Transferred, 4 September 1952 on loan to the Republic of South Korea, renamed Imchin (PF-66); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1972; Sold to the Republic of Korea, under the Security Assistance Program, 1 October 1973; Scrapped in 1973.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 176; Armament three 3"/50AA 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 5,500 iHP turbines, two shafts, three boilers.


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Sausalito 22k - Photo by Lawrence Lafalamme, ex-GM2
Korean War crewmember
Sausalito 123k USS Ajax (AR 6) tending destroyers and patrol vessels at Sasebo, Japan. c. 14 December 1952. Ships nested along her port side include (left to right): USS The Sullivans (DD 537); USS McGowan (DD 678); USS Lewis Hancock (DD 675) and South Korean Frigate Imchin (PF 66), (ex-USS Sausalito [PF 4]). Nest of five minesweepers in the left distance includes: USS Heron (AMS 18); USS Curlew (AMS 8); USS Mockingbird (AMS 27); USS Gull (AMS 16) and USS Chatterer (AMS 40).
U.S. Navy Photo 80-G-478506.
Naval Historical Center
Sausalito 127k Seen here in service as the South Korean Frigate Imchin (PG 66) outboard of USS Lewis Hancock (DD 675), USS McGowan (DD 678), USS The Sullivans (DD 537), and USS Ajax (AR 6). Sasebo, Japan. 14 December 1952
U.S. Navy Photo 80-G-478507.
Naval Historical Center
Sausalito 108k Seen here as the South Korean Frigate Imchin (PF 66). Underway, c. 1960.
USN Photo NH 97331.
Naval Historical Center

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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