&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Machias_(PF-53).jpg) USS Machias (PF-53) c. March 1944
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Machias |
| Namesake | City of Machias, Maine |
| Reclassified | PF-53, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 8 May 1943 |
| Launched | 22 August 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. W. Richard Bernays |
| Commissioned | 29 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
| Honors and awards | 2 battle stars, World War II |
| Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945[1] |
| Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, October 1949 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 14 January 1953 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | EK-4[2] |
| Acquired | 12 July 1945[1] |
| Commissioned | 12 July 1945[3] |
| Fate | Returned to United States, October 1949 |
 Japan | |
| Name | Nara |
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| Reclassified | PF-282, 1 September 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1966 |
| Renamed | YTE-8, 31 March 1966 |
| Reclassified | Pier-side training ship (YTE), 31 March 1966 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
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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) |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
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The second USS Machias (PF-53) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945 which later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-4 and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Nara (PF-2), JDS Nara (PF-282) and YTE-8.
- ^ a b The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Machias II article states that Machias was transferred on 13 July 1945 and NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Machias (PF 53) ex-PG-161 and hazegray.org Machias repeat this. However, 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 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.
- ^ NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Machias (PF 53) ex-PG-161 states that Machias was named EK-9 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-4. 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.
- ^ 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.