USS Sandusky (PF-54)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sandusky.
USS Sandusky (PF-54), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, was the second United States Navy ship of the name and the first to be named for Sandusky, Ohio.[1] She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-7 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Nire (PF-7), Nire (PF-287) and as YAC-19.
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USS Sandusky (PF-54) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Sandusky |
Namesake | City of Sandusky, Ohio[1] |
Reclassified | PF-54, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 8 July 1943 |
Launched | 5 October 1943 |
Sponsored by | Miss Mabel Apel |
Commissioned | 18 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945[2] |
Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 15 October 1949 |
Fate | Transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 26 February 1953 |
Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 31 March 1970 |
Fate | Scrapped 1970 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-7[3] |
Acquired | 12 July 1945[2] |
Commissioned | 12 July 1945[4] |
Fate | Returned to United States, 15 October 1949 |
Japan | |
Name | Nire |
Acquired | 26 February 1953 |
Renamed | YAC-19, 1969 |
Reclassified | Auxiliary stock craft (YAC), 1969 |
Fate | Returned to United States 31 March 1970 for disposal |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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