USS Carson City (PF-50)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Carson City.
USS Carson City (PF-50), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, thus far has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Carson City, Nevada. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-20 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Sakura (PF-10), JDS Sakura (PF-290) and as YAC-16.
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A sistership of the USS Carson City in 1945 | |
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United States | |
Name | Carson City |
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Reclassified | PF-50, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
Yard number | 535 |
Laid down | 28 September 1943 |
Launched | 13 November 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. C. B. Austin |
Commissioned | 24 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 26 August 1945[1] |
Honors and awards | 2 battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to Soviet Navy, 26 August 1945[1] |
Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 31 October 1949 |
Fate | Transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 30 April 1953 |
Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 6 August 1971 |
Fate | Unknown |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-20[2] |
Acquired | 26 August 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 26 August 1945[1] |
Decommissioned | 31 October 1949 |
Fate | Returned to United States, 31 October 1949 |
Japan | |
Name | Sakura |
Acquired | 30 April 1953 |
Renamed | YAC-16, 31 March 1966 |
Reclassified | Auxiliary stock craft, 31 March 1966 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1971 |
Fate | Returned to United States, 6 August 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement |
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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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