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Allentown (PF 52)
ex-PG-160
Allentown was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II

Allentown served the Navies of the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Japan.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-160; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-52, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by Froemming Brothers Inc., Milwaukee, Wisc; Launched, 3 July 1943; Commissioned USS Allentown (PF-52), 24 March 1944; Decommissioned, 12 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program, 13 July 1945 to the USSR as EK-8; 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 2 April 1953 as Ume (PF 289); Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Craft, YAC-14, 31 March 1965; Decommissioned 31 March 1970; Returned to U.S. custody 12 July 1971. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 1,489 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament three 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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Underway near the Norfolk Navy Yard, 9 August 1944. U.S. Navy photo 19-N-72013. |
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