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Sausalito (PF 4)



Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Queen - George

ex-PG-112

Sausalito was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II, and by the Navy during the Korean War


Sausalito served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union and the Republic of Korea
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate:

  • Laid down 7 April 1943 under Maritime Commission Contract, (MC hull 1422), (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) as Patrol Gunboat, PG-112 at Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA
  • Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-4, 15 April 1943
  • Launched 20 July 1943
  • Commissioned USS Sausalito (PF-4), 4 March 1944
  • Decommissioned 16 August 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska, loaned to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Program reclassified EK-13
  • Assigned to the Pacific Fleet
  • Returned to U.S. custody 1 November 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka
  • Recommissioned at Yokosuka 15 September 1950
  • Decommissioned 9 June 1952
  • Transferred 4 September 1952 on loan to the Republic of South Korea and renamed Imchin (PF-66)
  • Struck from the Navy Register 1 September 1972
  • Sold to the Republic of Korea, under the Security Assistance Program, 1 October 1973
  • Scrapped in 1973.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,430 t.
  • Length 303' 11"
  • Beam 37' 6"
  • Draft 13' 8"
  • Speed 20.3 kts.
  • Complement 190
  • Armament: Three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts, nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector, eight Y-gun depth charge projectors and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 240psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp vertical triple expansion J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    USS Sausalito (PF 4)
    Sausalito 22k c. 1950
    Yokosuka, Japan    		 Photo by Lawrence Lafalamme, ex-GM2, Korean War crewmember
    Sausalito 129k c. 1951
    Firing one of her 40mm gun mounts
    Photo by James E. Taylor    		 Mrs. Mary Taylor
    Sausalito 69k Ship's starboard 40mm gun mount firing, during training operations in the Far East, circa 1951-1952. Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew
    Collection of James Edward Taylor
    Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 103349-KN    		 Robert Hurst
    Sausalito 89k Bow view, taken while she was drydocked while being prepared for transfer to the Republic of Korea, circa 1952. Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of the ship's crew. Location is probably Yokosuka, Japan
    Collection of James Edward Taylor
    Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 103335    		 Mrs. Mary Taylor
    Sausalito 141k Dry docked at Yokosuka, Japan
    Photo by James E. Taylor
    Sausalito 99k View looking forward from the ship's port bridge wing, circa 1952. Probably taken at Yokosuka, Japan. Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew
    Collection of James Edward Taylor
    Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 103336    		 Robert Hurst
    Sausalito 63k View looking aft from the ship's port bridge wing, circa 1952. Probably taken at Yokosuka, Japan. Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew
    Collection of James Edward Taylor
    Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 103338
    Sausalito 63k Single 40mm gun mount firing, while the ship was training Korean Naval personnel in preparation for her transfer to the Republic of Korea, circa 1952. Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew
    Collection of James Edward Taylor
    Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 103339
    Sausalito 101k Four crew members in the ship's starboard signal station, circa 1952. They are identified on the original print as Allgood, Harbor, Buckner and Jensen. Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew
    Collection of James Edward Taylor
    Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 105401
    Sausalito 84k Three crew members in one of the ship's 20mm gun tubs, circa 1952. These men are identified on the original print as Harbor, Sauber and Ramsey. Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew
    Collection of James Edward Taylor
    Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 105402
    Sausalito 68k A PBM Mariner patrol plane flies above the ship's mast, during operations in the Japan-Korea area, circa 1952. Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew
    Collection of James Edward Taylor
    Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 105404
    Sausalito 51k James Edward Taylor Standing by the signal lamp station on the bridge of his ship, probably USS Sausalito (PF-4), circa 1951-1952
    Collection of James Edward Taylor
    Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 105406-KN
    Imchin (PF-66)
    Sausalito 223k ROKS Imchin (PF 66) is seen in exercises with the U.S. 7th Fleet, 23 November 1953
    National Archives photo 80-G-635708    		 Rick Davis and John Chiquoine
    Photo added 4 May 2022
    Sausalito 123k USS Ajax (AR 6) tending destroyers and patrol vessels at Sasebo, Japan. c. 14 December 1952. Ships nested along her port side include (left to right): USS The Sullivans (DD 537); USS McGowan (DD 678); USS Lewis Hancock (DD 675) and South Korean Frigate Imchin (PF 66), (ex-USS Sausalito [PF 4]). Nest of five minesweepers in the left distance includes: USS Heron (AMS 18); USS Curlew (AMS 8); USS Mockingbird (AMS 27); USS Gull (AMS 16) and USS
    Chatterer (AMS 40)
    National Archives photo 80-G-478506    		 Naval Historical Center
    Sausalito 127k Seen here in service as the South Korean Frigate Imchin (PF 66) outboard of USS Lewis Hancock (DD 675), USS McGowan (DD 678), USS The Sullivans
    (DD 537),     and USS Ajax (AR 6). Sasebo, Japan, 14 December 1952
    National Archives photo 80-G-478507
    Sausalito 108k c. 1960
    U.S. Navy photo NH 97331
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR Edward A. Eve, USCG4 March 1944 - 17 October 1944
    02LCDR Paul Edwin Trimble, USCG - USCGA Class of 1936
    Awarded two Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medals (1966) and the Legion of Merit (1967) - Served as the 10th Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard (1966 - 1970)
    Retired as Vice Admiral    		17 October 1944 - 14 May 1945
    03CDR Stanley J. Woyciechowsky, USCG14 May 1945 - 6 July 1945
    04LCDR Francis Wilson Deily, USN15 September 1950 - 1951
    05LT George Winter Farris, USN1951 - 9 June 1952
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan
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