USS Albuquerque (PF-7)
USS Albuquerque (PF-7) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Albuquerque |
| Namesake | City of Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Reclassified | Patrol Frigate (PF), 15 April 1943 |
| Ordered | as a Type S2-S2-AQ1 hull, MCE hull 1425 |
| Builder | Permanente Metals Richmond Shipyard #4, Richmond, California |
| Yard number | 50 |
| Laid down | 20 July 1943 |
| Launched | 14 September 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. B. L. Livingstone |
| Commissioned | 20 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 16 August 1945 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to Soviet Navy 16 August 1945 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | EK-14 |
| Acquired | 16 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 16 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 16 October 1949 |
| Fate | returned to United States, 16 October 1949 |
| United States | |
| Name | Albuquerque |
| Acquired | 16 October 1949 |
| Recommissioned | 3 October 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1953 |
| Honors & awards | 3 × battle stars for Korean War service |
| Fate | Transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 30 November 1953 |
| Japan | |
| Name | Tochi |
| Acquired | 30 November 1953 |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1969 |
| Renamed | YAC-15, 31 March 1965 |
| Reclassified | Auxiliary stock craft (YAC), 31 March 1965 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: PF-296/YAC-15 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 9 July 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tacoma-class frigate patrol frigate |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
| Installed power | |
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| Speed | 20.3 kn (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
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USS Albuquerque (PG-115/PF-7), a Tacoma-class patrol frigate in commission from 1943 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1953, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albuquerque, New Mexico. She also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-14 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Tochi (PF-16/PF-296) and as YAC-15.