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Everett (PF 8)
ex-PG-116

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


Everett served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union and Japan.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Orignially designated a Patrol Gunboat PG-116; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate (PF-8), 15 April 1943; Laid down under Maritime Commission Contract, (MC hull 1426) by Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA; Launched, 29 September 1943; Commissioned USS Everett (PF-8), 22 January 1944; Decommissioned at Cold Harbor, Alaska, 16 August 1945; Loaned to the USSR, 17 August 1945, under the Lend-Lease Program; Renamed EK-17; Returned to U.S. custody at Yokosuka, Japan, 15 November 1949; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Recommissioned at Yokosuka, 26 July 1950; Decommissioned, 10 May 1953 at Yokosuka, Japan; Transferred on loan to Japan and renamed Kiri (PF 291); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1961; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Craft, YAC-20, 31 March 1970; Decommissioned 1 October 1975; Returned to U.S. custody 22 January 1976 and scrapped.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 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, 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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Everett 65k Shown off Mare Island Navy Yard on 8 April 1944. She has just completed outfitting/repair at the shipyard from 26 March to 8 April 1944.
U.S. Navy photo 2279-44
Darryl L. Baker

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