USS Gallup (PF-47)

	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.
History
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
Identification	PG-155; PF-47 (15 April 1943);
Honors &; awards	2 battle stars, World War II
Fate	Transferred to Soviet Navy 26 August 1945
Acquired	Returned by Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949
Recommissioned	18 October 1950
Decommissioned	29 October 1951
Honors &; awards	3 battle stars, Korean War
Fate	Transferred to Royal Thai Navy, 29 October 1951
Soviet Union
Name	EK-22
Acquired	26 August 1945
Commissioned	26 August 1945
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 & type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light; 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full;
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	2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines; 3 boilers; 2 shafts;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 dual purpose guns (3x1); 4 x 40 mm (1.6 in) guns (2×2); 9 × 20 mm (0.79 in) guns (9×1); 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × Depth charge tracks;

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).

History
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.
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
Identification	PG-155 PF-47 (15 April 1943)
Honors & awards	2 battle stars, World War II
Fate	Transferred to Soviet Navy 26 August 1945
Acquired	Returned by Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949
Recommissioned	18 October 1950
Decommissioned	29 October 1951
Honors & awards	3 battle stars, Korean War
Fate	Transferred to Royal Thai Navy, 29 October 1951
Soviet Union
Name	EK-22
Acquired	26 August 1945
Commissioned	26 August 1945
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 & type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
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	2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines 3 boilers 2 shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 dual purpose guns (3x1) 4 x 40 mm (1.6 in) guns (2×2) 9 × 20 mm (0.79 in) guns (9×1) 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge tracks