USS San Pedro
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USS San Pedro (PF-37), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1943 to 1945, thus far has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Pedro, California. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-5 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as Kaya (PF-8), Kaya (PF-288) and as YAC-23.
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USS San Pedro (PF-37) in World War II | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | San Pedro |
Namesake | City of San Pedro, California |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
Reclassified | PF-37, 15 April 1943 |
Laid down | 17 April 1943 |
Launched | 11 June 1943 |
Sponsored by | Miss Virginia Ann Massee |
Commissioned | 23 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
Honors and awards | 4 × battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945[1] |
Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 17 October 1949 |
Fate | Transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 2 April 1953 |
Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 26 July 1978 |
Fate | Sunk as target |
Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-5 |
Acquired | 12 July 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 12 July 1945[2] |
Fate | Returned to US, 17 October 1949 |
Japan | |
Name | Kaya |
Acquired | 2 April 1953 |
Renamed | YAC-23, 1966 |
Decommissioned | 1 April 1977 |
Fate | Returned to United States, 26 July 1978 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
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 | |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 190 |
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