USS Coronado (PF-38)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Coronado.
USS Coronado (PG-146/PF-38), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Coronado, California, a city adjacent to Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. After World War II service in the U.S. Navy, she served in the Soviet Navy as EK-8 and later in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as Sugi (PF-5) and Sugi (PF-285).
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JDS Sugi, ex-USS Coronado (PF-38), in Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force service, c. 1956. | |
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United States | |
Name | Coronado |
Namesake | City of Coronado, California |
Reclassified | PF-38, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
Laid down | 6 May 1943 |
Launched | 17 June 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. J. R. Crutchfield |
Commissioned | 17 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
Honors and awards | 4 battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945[1] |
Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 16 October 1949 |
Stricken | 14 January 1953 |
Fate | Transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 14 January 1953 |
Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 9 July 1971 |
Fate | Allocated to Japan for use as target ship 1971 |
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Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-8[2] |
Acquired | 12 July 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 12 July 1945[3] |
Fate | Returned to United States, 16 October 1949 |
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Japan | |
Name | JDS Sugi (PF-285) |
Acquired | 14 January 1953 |
Commissioned | 1953 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1969 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
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Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 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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