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Charlottesville (PF 25)
ex-PG-133


Charlottesville 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-133; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-25, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched 30 July 1943; Commissioned USS Charlottesville (PF-25), 10 April 1944; Decommissioned 12 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend Lease Program to the USSR 13 July 1945 as EK-1; Returned to U.S. custody 17 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka; Transferred on loan to Japan 14 January 1953 as Matsu (PF 286); Reclassified as an Auxiliary Service Craft, YAS-36, 31 March 1966; Decommissioned 31 March 1969; Returned to U.S. custody 12 July 1972. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament two 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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