USS Bayonne
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USS Bayonne (PF-21), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission in 1945 and from 1950 to 1953, thus far has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bayonne, New Jersey. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-25 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Buna (PF-14), JDS Buna (PF-294) and as YAC-11.
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USS Bayonne (PF-21), c. 1951. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Bayonne |
Namesake | City of Bayonne, New Jersey |
Reclassified | PF-21, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio |
Yard number | 1013 |
Laid down | 6 May 1943, as PG-129 |
Launched | 11 September 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Hannah Gallagher |
In service | 22 September 1944 |
Out of service | 6 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 14 February 1945 |
Decommissioned | 2 September 1945 |
Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 2 September 1945 |
Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949 |
Recommissioned | 28 July 1950 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 1953 |
Honors and awards | 6 battle stars, Korean War |
Fate | Transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 31 January 1953 |
Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 27 June 1967 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 1 March 1968 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-25[1] |
Acquired | 2 September 1945 |
Commissioned | 2 September 1945 |
Fate | Returned to United States, 14 November 1949 |
Japan | |
Name | Buna |
Acquired | 31 January 1953 |
Renamed | YAC-11, 1 February 1965 |
Reclassified | Auxiliary stock craft (YAC), 1 February 1965 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1965 |
Fate | Returned to United States, 27 June 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 11 in (11.56 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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