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PG-143 / PF-35 Belfast


Belfast was manned by a Coast Guard crew during World War II


Belfast served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, by the Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Wilmington, CA as Patrol Gunboat PG-143; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate PF-35, 15 April 1943; Launched, 20 May 1943; Commissioned USS Belfast (PF-35), 24 November 1944; Decommissioned, 11 July 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska; Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program to the USSR, 12 July 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sunk while serving with the Soviet Navy off Petropavlovsk, Kamchata, USSR, 17 November 1948. Belfast received two battle stars for World War II operations in the Southwest Pacific.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 180; 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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