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San Pedro (PF 37)
ex-PG-145



San Pedro was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II.


San Pedro 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 Patrol Gunboat, PG-145; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-37, 15 April 1943; Laid down, 17 April 1943 under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1448), at Consolidated Steel Corp., Wilmington, CA.; Launched, 11 June 1943; Commissioned USS San Pedro (PF-37), 23 October 1943; Decommissioned, 12 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic's, 13 July 1945, renamed EK-5; Returned to U.S. custody 17 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Transferred on loan to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, 2 April 1953 as Kaya (PF 288); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1961; Transferred outright to Japan, 28 August 1962; Reclassified as Auxiliary Stock Craft, YAC-23; Decommissioned 1 April 1977; Returned to U.S. custody 26 July 1978. 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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San Pedro 187k c. 1943
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San Pedro 62k c. 1943
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