USS Coronado (PF-38)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Coronado.

JDS Sugi, ex-USS Coronado (PF-38), in Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force service, c. 1956.
History
United States
NameCoronado
NamesakeCity of Coronado, California
ReclassifiedPF-38, 15 April 1943
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California
Laid down6 May 1943
Launched17 June 1943
Sponsored byMrs. J. R. Crutchfield
Commissioned17 November 1943
Decommissioned12 July 1945
Honors and
awards		4 battle stars, World War II
FateTransferred to Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945[1]
AcquiredReturned by Soviet Navy, 16 October 1949
Stricken14 January 1953
FateTransferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 14 January 1953
AcquiredReturned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 9 July 1971
FateAllocated to Japan for use as target ship 1971
History
Soviet Union
NameEK-8[3]
Acquired12 July 1945[1]
Commissioned12 July 1945[2]
FateReturned to United States, 16 October 1949
History
Japan
NameJDS Sugi (PF-285)
Acquired14 January 1953
Commissioned1953
Decommissioned31 March 1969
Fate
  • Returned to United States, 9 July 1971
  • Allocated to Japan for use as target ship 1971
  • Sunk as target 10 August 1971
General characteristics
Class and 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 (4,100 kW) turbines
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement190
Armament

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).

  1. ^ a b NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Coronado (PF 38) ex-PG-146 states that Coronado was transferred to the Soviet Navy on 13 July 1945, but the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Coronado article states that Coronado was transferred on 12 July 1945 and hazegray.org Corondao repeats this. Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, also reports that the transfer date was 12 July 1945. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.
  2. ^ According to Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p.27, states that Coronado was commissioned into the Soviet Navy on 12 July 1945 immediately after her U.S. Navy decommissioning and transfer to the Soviet Union that day. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.
  3. ^ NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Coronado (PF 38) ex-PG-146[permanent dead link] states that Coronado was named EK-6 in Soviet service, but Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, reports that the ship's Soviet name was EK-8. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.