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Carson City (PF 50)
ex-PG-158



Carson City was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II.


Carson City served the Navies of the United States, the Union of Socialist Republic's and Japan.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as a Patrol Gunboat, PG-158; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-50, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract at Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Wilmington, CA.; Launched 13 November 1943; Commissioned USS Carson City (PF-50), 24 March 1944; Decommissioned 29 August 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program 30 August 1945 to the USSR as EK-22; Returned to U.S. custody 31 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Yokosuka; Transferred on loan to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force 30 April 1953 as Sakura (PF 290); Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Craft, YAC-16, 31 March 1966; Decommissioned 31 March 1971; Returned to U.S. custody 6 August 1971. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 180; Armament three 3"/50AA gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, 1 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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