USS Belfast
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USS Belfast (PF-35), the only ship of the name, was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1943 to 1945. She then served in the Soviet Navy as EK-3.
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United States | |
Name | Belfast |
Namesake | City of Belfast, Maine |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
Laid down | 26 March 1943 |
Reclassified | PF-35, 15 April 1943 |
Launched | 20 May 1943 |
Sponsored by | Miss Elizabeth C. Wilson |
Commissioned | 24 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1945[1] |
Honors and awards | 2 battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945 |
Stricken | 31 January 1950 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-3 |
Acquired | 12 July 1945 |
Commissioned | 12 July 1945 |
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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) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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