| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Newport |
| Namesake | City of Newport, Rhode Island |
| Reclassified | PF-27, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 24 |
| Laid down | 8 June 1943 |
| Launched | 15 August 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Nicholas Brown |
| Commissioned | 8 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 4 September 1945[1] |
| Fate | Transferred to Soviet Navy, 4 September 1945[1] |
| Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949 |
| Recommissioned | 27 July 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 30 April 1952 |
| Fate | Transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1 October 1953 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
| Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 20 May 1975 |
| Fate | Final disposition unknown |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | EK-28[2] |
| Acquired | 4 September 1945[1] |
| Commissioned | 4 September 1945[3] |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 14 November 1949 |
 Japan | |
| Name | JDS Kaede (PF-293) |
| Acquired | 1 October 1953 |
| Reclassified | PF-293, 1 September 1957 |
| Renamed | YAC-17, 31 March 1966 |
| Reclassified | Auxiliary stock craft (YAC), 31 March 1966 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1972 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 20 May 1975 |
| 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 | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Armament |
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USS Newport (PF-27), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, and from 1950 to 1952, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Newport, Rhode Island. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-28 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Kaede (PF-13), JDS Kaede (PF-293) and as YAC-17.
- ^ a b c The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Newport II article states that Newport "arrived at Cold Bay to decommission" on 9 September 1945 and hazegray.org Newport repeats this, while NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Newport (PF 27) ex-PG-135 states that she was decommissioned on 9 September 1945 and that she was transferred to the Soviet Union on 10 September 1945, but more recent research in 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, reports that the transfer date was 4 September 1945 at Cold Bay. 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. It should also be noted that the table showing all Project Hula transfers in Russell, p. 39, also gives a transfer date of 9 September 1945, although text in Russell, pp. 34–35, makes clear that Newport 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 Newport's U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 4 September 1945.
- ^ NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Newport (PF 27) ex-PG-135[permanent dead link] claims that Newport was named EK-27 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-28. 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.