| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Evansville |
| Namesake | City of Evansville, Indiana |
| Reclassified | PF-70, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 313 |
| Laid down | 28 August 1943 |
| Launched | 27 November 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Don Davis |
| Commissioned | 4 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 4 September 1945[1] |
| Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 4 September 1945 |
| Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 1949 |
| Recommissioned | 29 July 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1953 |
| Fate | Transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 31 October 1953 |
| Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 15 October 1976 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1977 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | EK-30[3] |
| Acquired | 4 September 1945 |
| Commissioned | 4 September 1945[2] |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 1949 |
 Japan | |
| Name | Keyaki |
| Acquired | 31 October 1953 |
| Renamed | YAC-21, 1970 |
| Reclassified | Auxiliary stock craft (YAC), 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1976 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 15 October 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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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) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Armament |
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USS Evansville (PF-70), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1953, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Evansville, Indiana. She also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-30 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Keyaki (PF-15), JDS Keyaki (PF-295) and YAC-21.
- ^ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Evansville II article states that Evansville was transferred to the Soviet Union on 4 September 1945 but not decommissioned by the U.S. Navy until 9 September 1945, and both NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Evansville (PF 70) ex-PG-178 and hazegray.org Evansville repeat 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, pp. 34-35, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, agrees that the transfer date was 4 September 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. However, the table showing all Project Hula transfers in Russell, p. 39, gives a transfer date of 9 September 1945, although text in Russell, pp. 34-35, makes clear that Evansville and three other patrol frigates were transferred on 4 September 1945 and were the last ships transferred in Project Hula, and that all Project Hula transfers were ordered halted on 5 September 1945. According to Russell, Project Hula ships were decommissioned by the U.S. Navy simultaneously with their transfer to the Soviet Navy – see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of USS Coronado (PF-38), which Russell says typified the transfer process – indicating that Evansville's U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 4 September 1945.
- ^ 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, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, Project Hula ships were commissioned into the Soviet Navy simultaneously with their transfer from the U.S. Navy; see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of USS Coronado (PF-38), which Russell says typified the transfer process. 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.
- ^ NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Evansville (PF 70) ex-PG-178[permanent dead link] states that Evansville was named EK-28 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-30. 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.