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Coronado (PF 38)
ex-PG-146


Coronado 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-146; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-38, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract at Consolidated Steel Corp., Los Angeles, CA.; Launched 17 June 1943; Commissioned USS Coronado (PF-38), 17 November 1943; Decommissioned 12 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program to the USSR as EK-6, 13 July 1945; Returned to U.S. custody 16 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Transferred on loan under the Mutual Assistance Program to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force as Sugi (PF 285), 14 January 1953; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Decommissioned 31 March 1969; Returned to U.S. custody 9 July 1971. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 1,296 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament two 3"/50AA gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, 1 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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