USS Charlottesville
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USS Charlottesville (PF-25), a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, has been the only US Navy ship thus far to be named for Charlottesville, Virginia. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-1 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Matsu (PF-6), JDS Matsu (PF-286) and YAS-36.
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USS Charlottesville in 1948 | |
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United States | |
Name | Charlottesville |
Namesake | City of Charlottesville, Virginia |
Reclassified | PF-25, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 12 May 1943 |
Launched | 30 July 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. J. E. Gleason |
Commissioned | 10 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
Honors and awards | 2 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 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 14 January 1953 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-1 |
Acquired | 12 July 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 12 July 1945[1] |
Fate | Returned to United States, 17 October 1949 |
Japan | |
Name | Matsu |
Acquired | 14 January 1953 |
Renamed | YAS-36, 31 March 1966 |
Reclassified | Auxiliary service vessel (YAS) 31 March 1966 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1969 |
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Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
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Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 11 in (11.56 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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