USS Glendale

USS Glendale (PF-36), left, with her sister ship USS Gallup (PF-47) on 29 October 1951, during the ceremony for their transfer to the Royal Thai Navy.
History
United States
NameGlendale
NamesakeCity of Glendale, California
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California
Laid down6 April 1943
Identification
  • PG-144
  • PF-36 (15 April 1943)
Launched28 May 1943
Sponsored byMiss Shirley Schlichtman
Commissioned1 October 1943
Decommissioned12 July 1945
Honors and
awards		5 × battle stars, World War II
FateTransferred to the Soviet Union, 12 July 1945
AcquiredReturned by Soviet Union, 16 November 1949
Recommissioned11 October 1950
Decommissioned29 October 1951
Honors and
awards
FateTransferred to the Royal Thai Navy, 29 October 1951
Stricken20 November 1951
Soviet Union
NameEK-6
Acquired12 July 1945
Commissioned12 July 1945
FateReturned to United States, 16 November 1949
Thailand
NameTachin
NamesakeTha Chin River
Acquired29 October 1951
Decommissioned22 June 2000
IdentificationPF-1; later reclassified PF-411
FatePreserved
StatusOn display as a memorial at the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, since 9 July 2001
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 (4,101 kW) turbines
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement190
Armament

USS Glendale (PF-36), a Tacoma-class patrol frigate, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Glendale, California. In commission in the US Navy from 1943 to 1945, and from 1950 to 1951, she also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-6 from 1945 to 1949 and in the Royal Thai Navy as Tachin (PF-1) from 1951 to 2000.