USS Tacoma (PF-3)

USS Tacoma (PF-3), off San Francisco, 11 December 1943
History
United States
Name	Tacoma
Namesake	City of Tacoma, Washington
Ordered	as a Type S2-S2-AQ1 hull, MCE hull 1421[1]
Builder	Permanente Metals Richmond Shipyard #4, Richmond, California
Yard number	46[1]
Laid down	10 March 1943
Reclassified	Patrol Frigate (PF), 15 April 1943
Launched	7 July 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. A. R. Bergersen
Commissioned	6 November 1943
Decommissioned	16 August 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: PG-111 Hull symbol: PF-3 Call sign: NXWC
Fate	transferred to Soviet Navy, 16 August 1945
Soviet Union
Name	EK-11[a]
Acquired	16 August 1945
Commissioned	16 August 1945[b]
Decommissioned	16 October 1949
Fate	returned to United States, 16 October 1949
United States
Name	Tacoma
Acquired	16 October 1949
Recommissioned	1 December 1950
Decommissioned	October 1951
Honors and awards	3 × battle stars for Korean War service
Fate	transferred to Republic of Korea Navy, 9 October 1951
South Korea
Name	Taedong
Namesake	Taedong County, South Pyongan Province
Acquired	9 October 1951
Decommissioned	28 February 1973
Identification	Hull symbol: F-63
Fate	returned to United States, 28 February 1973
United States
Name	Tacoma
Acquired	28 February 1973
Stricken	20 April 1973
Fate	donated to Republic of Korea Navy, 1 June 1973
South Korea
Acquired	1 June 1973
Fate	Preserved
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Tacoma-class patrol frigate
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 Tacoma (PG-111/PF-3), the lead ship of the Tacoma-class patrol frigates. The third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Tacoma, Washington, she was in commission from 1943 to 1945, and from 1949 to 1951. She also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-11 and in the Republic of Korea Navy as ROKS Taedong (PF-63).

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