USS Newport (PF-27)

History
United States
NameNewport
NamesakeCity of Newport, Rhode Island
ReclassifiedPF-27, 15 April 1943
BuilderWalter Butler Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number24
Laid down8 June 1943
Launched15 August 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Nicholas Brown
Commissioned8 September 1944
Decommissioned4 September 1945
FateTransferred to Soviet Navy, 4 September 1945
AcquiredReturned by Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949
Recommissioned27 July 1950
Decommissioned30 April 1952
FateTransferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1 October 1953
Stricken1 December 1961
AcquiredReturned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 20 May 1975
FateFinal disposition unknown
Soviet Union
NameEK-28
Acquired4 September 1945
Commissioned4 September 1945
FateReturned to United States, 14 November 1949
Japan
NameJDS Kaede (PF-293)
Acquired1 October 1953
ReclassifiedPF-293, 1 September 1957
RenamedYAC-17, 31 March 1966
ReclassifiedAuxiliary stock craft (YAC), 31 March 1966
Decommissioned31 March 1972
FateReturned to United States, 20 May 1975
General characteristics
Class & typeTacoma-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light
  • 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
Length303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement190
Armament

USS Newport (PF-27), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, and from 1950 to 1952, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Newport, Rhode Island. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-28 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Kaede (PF-13), JDS Kaede (PF-293) and as YAC-17.