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Albuquerque (PF 7)
ex-PG-115

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


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

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally designated as Patrol Gunboat, PG-115; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-7, 15 April 1943; Laid down under Maritime Commission Contract, (MC hull 1425), by Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA; Launched, 14 September 1943; Commissioned USS Albuquerque (PF-7), 20 December 1943; Decommissioned at Cold Harbor, Alaska, 16 August 1945; Loaned to the USSR 17 August 1945 under the Lend-Lease Program as EK-16; Returned to U.S. custody 15 November 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Recommissioned at Yokosuka, 30 October 1950; Decommissioned, 28 February 1953; Transferred on loan to Japan, 30 November 1953 as Tochi (PF 296); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1961; Returned briefly to U.S. Navy custody, 28 August 1962; Almost simultaneously, the frigate was permanently retransferred to Japan; Reclassified as a Auxiliarey Stock Vessel, YAC-15, 31 March 1965; Decommissioned 31 March 1969; Returned to U.S. custody 9 July 1971. Fate unknown.

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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Albuquerque 94k Broadside view off of San Francisco, Calif., 7 February 1944. She was at Mare Island Navy Yard 4 February 1944.
U.S. Navy photo 1826-44
Darryl L. Baker
Albuquerque 77k Forty-five degree off centerline view off of San Francisco, Calif., 7 February 1944.
U.S. Navy photo 913-44
Darryl L. Baker
Albuquerque 73k One hundred thirty-five degree view off of San Francisco, Calif. on March 21, 1944.
U.S. Navy photo 914-44
Darryl L. Baker

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