USS Allentown
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USS Allentown (PF-52), a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, has thus far been the only U.S. Navy ship to be named for Allentown, Pennsylvania. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-9 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Ume (PF-9), JDS Ume (PF-289) and as YAC-14.
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USS Allentown (PF-52) underway near Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, on 9 August 1944. She is painted in Measure 32/16D dazzle camouflage. | |
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United States | |
Name | Allentown |
Namesake | City of Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Builder | Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 23 March 1943 |
Reclassified | PF-52, 15 April 1943 |
Launched | 3 July 1943 |
Sponsored by | Miss Joyce E. Beary |
Commissioned | 24 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
Honors and awards | 2 battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy 12 July 1945[1] |
Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 15 October 1949 |
Fate | Transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 2 April 1953 |
Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 12 July 1971 |
Fate | Broken up in Taiwan 1971 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-9[2] |
Acquired | 12 July 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 12 July 1945[3] |
Fate | Returned to United States, 15 October 1949 |
Japan | |
Name | Ume |
Acquired | 2 April 1953 |
Renamed | YAC-14, 31 March 1965 |
Reclassified | Auxiliary stock craft (YAC), 31 March 1965 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1970 |
Fate | Returned to United States, 12 July 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
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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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