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PG-113 / PF-5 Hoquiam

Note: Hoquiam was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II, and by the Navy during the Korean War.


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

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1423), at Kaiser Cargo Co., Yard No. 4, Richmond, CA., 10 April 1943 as Patrol Gunboat PG-113; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-5, 15 April 1943; Launched, 31 August 1943; Commissioned USS Hoquiam (PF-5), 8 May 1944; Decommissioned, 16 August 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Leased to USSR, under the Lend-Lease Program, 16 August 1945 and renamed EK-14; Returned 1 November 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Recommissioned, 27 September 1950; Decommissioned, 5 October 1951; Leased to Republic of Korea, renamed Nae Tong (PF-65); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1972; Sold under the Security Assistance Program to Republic of Korea, 1 October 1973; Scrapped later that year.

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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Hoquiam 91k Shown of Mare Island Navy Yard, 15 June 1944. She has just completed outfitting/repairs at the shipyard from 9 May to 15 June 1944. She was in dry dock #2 from 25 - 30 May 1944. Darryl L. Baker
Hoquiam 30k Seen here as South Korean Nae Tong .

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