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Poughkeepsie (PF 26)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Tango - Quebec

ex-PG-134

Poughkeepsie served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union and Japan

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate:

(MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-134

Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-26, 15 April 1943

Laid down 3 June 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin

Launched 12 August 1943

Commissioned USS Poughkeepsie (PF-26), 6 September 1944

Decommissioned 1 October 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska

Transferred under the Lend Lease Program to the Soviet Union and reclassified EK-25, 2 October 1945

Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists transfer date as August 1945

Returned to U.S. custody 31 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka

Transferred on loan to Japan 14 January 1953 and renamed Momi (PF 284)

Struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1961

Transferred outright to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force 28 August 1962

Decommissioned 1 April 1965

Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Vessel, YAC-13, 31 March 1965

Discontinued use 31 March 1970

Returned to U.S. custody 12 July 1971

Transferred to South Korea for cannibalization.

Specifications:

Displacement 1,430 t.

Length 303' 11" (oa)

Beam 37' 6"

Draft 13' 8"

Speed 20.3 kts.

Complement 190

Armament: Three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts, nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector, eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp Valley Iron Works vertical triple expansion steam engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Poughkeepsie (PF 26)
	137k	c. 1943 Photo from University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library Donated by Victor Grandhal	John Spivey Photo added 6 June 2021
Momi (PF 284)
	18k	Kure, Japan, 20 August 1964 Photo from gooside.com	Robert Hurst
	13k	Photo from gooside.com	Robert Hurst

Commanding Officers
PCO	LCDR George Henry Miller, USCG - Retired as Rear Admiral	April 1944 - September 1944
01	CDR Quentin Mckay Greeley, USCG	6 September 1944 - 1945
02	LCDR Charles B. Perkins, USCGR	1945 - 1 October 1945

Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler

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