USS Gallup (PF-47)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Gallup.
The second USS Gallup (PF-47), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1951, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Gallup, New Mexico. She also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-22 and in the Royal Thai Navy as HTMS Prasae (PF 2).
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USS Gallup (PF-47) at San Pedro, California, on 30 May 1944. The US Navy Bureau of Ships conceived the camouflage scheme of dull black, ocean gray, light gray, and deck blue in which she is painted specifically for her.[1] | |
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United States | |
Name | Gallup |
Namesake | City of Gallup, New Mexico |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles |
Yard number | 532 |
Laid down | 18 August 1943 |
Launched | 17 September 1943 |
Sponsored by | Ensign Helen McMahon, NNRC |
Commissioned | 29 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 26 August 1945 |
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Honors and awards | 2 battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to Soviet Navy 26 August 1945[2] |
Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949 |
Recommissioned | 18 October 1950 |
Decommissioned | 29 October 1951 |
Honors and awards | 3 battle stars, Korean War |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Thai Navy, 29 October 1951 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-22[3] |
Acquired | 26 August 1945[2] |
Commissioned | 26 August 1945[4] |
Fate | Returned to United States, 14 November 1949 |
Thailand | |
Name | Prasae |
Namesake | Prasae River |
Acquired | 29 October 1951 |
Reclassified | PF-412 |
Decommissioned | 22 June 2000 |
Identification | PF 2 |
Fate | Preserved |
Status | On display as a memorial at the Prasae River, Rayong Province, since 27 December 2003 |
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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