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Machias (PF 53)
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 USSR as EK-9; Returned to U.S. custody in October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Yokosuka; Transferred on loan to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force 14 January 1953 as Nara (PF-2); Redesignated PF-282, 1 September 1957; Struck From the Naval 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 scrapped.
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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