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PG-144 / PF-36 Glendale

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



Glendale served the Navies of the United States, the USSR and Thailand.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, by the Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Wilmington, CA as Patrol Gunboat PG-144; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-36, 15 April 1943; Launched, 28 May 1943; Commissioned USS Glendale (PF-36), 1 October 1943; Decommissioned, 12 June 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program to the USSR, 13 June 1945, renamed EK-42; Returned to US custody, 16 November 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Recommissioned, 11 October 1950; Decommissioned, 29 October 1951; Transferred on loan to Thailand, (date unknown), renamed Tachin (PF-1); Struck from the Naval Register, 20 November 1961; Reclassified PF-411. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,264 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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Glendale 90k U.S. Navy photo from the September 1951 issue of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
Glendale/Gallup 77k Glendale and Gallup (PF-47) fly the flags of Thailand, during transfer ceremonies at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 29 October 1951. Both ships are still wearing their U.S. Navy numbers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Fred Weiss
Glendale 63k Light-line transfer. Fred Weiss
Tachin 79k RTN Tachin (PF 1) .
Tachin 46k RTN Tachin (PF 411) .

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