USS Sausalito

USS Sausalito (PF-4), bow view, taken in dry dock while she was being prepared for transfer to the Republic of Korea, c. 1952, Yokosuka, Japan.
History
United States
Name	Sausalito
Namesake	City of Sausalito, California
Ordered	as a Type S2-S2-AQ1 hull, MCE hull 1422[1]
Builder	Permanente Metals Richmond Shipyard #4, Richmond, California
Yard number	47[1]
Laid down	7 April 1943
Reclassified	Patrol Frigate (PF), 15 April 1943
Launched	20 July 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Richard Shaler
Commissioned	4 March 1944
Decommissioned	16 August 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: PG-112 Hull symbol: PF-4 Call sign: NYQG
Fate	Transferred to Soviet Navy, 16 August 1945
Stricken	1 September 1972
Soviet Union
Name	EK-16
Acquired	16 August 1945
Commissioned	16 August 1945[a]
Decommissioned	1 November 1949
Fate	Returned to United States, 1 November 1949
United States
Name	Sausalito
Acquired	Returned by Soviet Navy, 1 November 1949
Recommissioned	15 September 1950
Decommissioned	9 June 1952
Honors and awards	6 battle stars, Korean War
Fate	Transferred to Republic of Korea Navy, 4 September 1952
South Korean frigate ROKS Imchin (PF-66), the former USS Sausalito (PF-4)
South Korea
Name	Imchin
Acquired	4 September 1952
Identification	Hull symbol: PF-66
Fate	Scrapped 1973
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate patrol frigates
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,450 t) (light load) 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) (full load)
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Installed power	2 × 3-Drum express boilers , 240 psi (1,700 kPa) 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engine 2 × shafts
Speed	20.3 kn (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 9 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts 2 × Depth charge tracks 8 × Depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog

USS Sausalito (PF-4), was a Tacoma-class patrol frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1952, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Sausalito, California. She also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-16 and in the Republic of Korea Navy as ROKS Imchin (PF-66).

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