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Ogden (PF 39)
ex-PG-147

Ogden served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union and Japan.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-147; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-39, 15 April 1943; Laid down 21 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Consolidated Steel Corp., Los Angeles, CA.; Launched 23 June 1943; Commissioned USS Ogden (PF-39), 20 December 1943 at San Diego, CA; Decommissioned 12 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program to the USSR, 13 July 1945 as EK-7; Returned to U.S. custody 15 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Transferred on loan under the Mutual Assistance Program to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force 14 January 1958 as Kusu (PF-281); Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Reclassified as an Auxiliary Service Craft, YAS-50, 31 March 1970; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Craft, YAC-22, 31 March 1971; Decommissioned 1 April 1976; Returned to U.S. custody 28 June 1977. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 1,264 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 194; 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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