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Pasco (PF 6)
ex-PG-114


Pasco served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union, Japan, and South Korea.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally designated a Patrol Gunboat PG-114; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-6, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1424) at Kaiser Cargo Co., Richmond, CA, 7 July 1943; Launched, 17 August 1943; Completed and commissioned USS Pasco (PF-6),15 April 1944; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Leased to USSR under the Lend-Lease Program, August 1945 and renamed EK-15; Returned to U.S. custody in 1950; Loaned to Japan under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in 1953 as Kashi (PF 283); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1961; Transferred to Japan in 1964; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Craft, YAC-12; Decommissioned 30 June 1967; Returned to U.S. custody 18 March 1968; Transferred to South Korea in 1969 and used for parts; Eventually converted to a floating pier.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t (lt), 2,415 t. (fl); Length 303' 11"; Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts; Complement 190; Armament three single 3"/50 gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts, nine 20mm gun mounts, two dct, eight dcp, one dcp (hh).


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Pasco 79k Mare Island Navy Yard, 22 May 1944. In the background is the ferry City
of Stockton
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US Navy Photo 3165-11
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Pasco 96k Shown off Mare Island Navy Yard on 25 May 1944. She has just completed outfitting/repairs at the shipyard from 17 April - 24 June 1944. She was in dry dock #2 from 26 April - 3 May 1944.
US Navy Photo 3146-44
Darryl L. Baker
Pasco 26k 9 January 1945 -

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