&sq=&lang=&file=File:CSF_PF-284_Momi.JPG) JDS Momi in 1953
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Poughkeepsie |
| Namesake | City of Poughkeepsie, New York |
| Reclassified | PF-26, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 23 |
| Laid down | 3 June 1943 |
| Launched | 12 August 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Frank M. Doran |
| Commissioned | 6 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 2 September 1945[1] |
| Fate | Transferred to Soviet Navy, 2 September 1945[1] |
| Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 31 October 1949 |
| In service | with Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine, 1951 |
| Fate | Transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 14 January 1953 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | EK-27[2] |
| Acquired | 2 September 1945[1] |
| Commissioned | 2 September 1945[1] |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 31 October 1949 |
 Japan | |
| Name | Momi |
| Acquired | 14 January 1953 |
| Renamed | YAC-13, 1 April 1965 |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 1965 |
| Fate | Transferred to South Korea for cannibalization for spare parts, early 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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USS Poughkeepsie (PF-26), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Poughkeepsie, New York. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-27 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Momi (PF-4), JDS Momi (PF-284), and as YAC-13.
- ^ a b c d The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Poughkeepsie article states that Poughkeepsie was transferred on 2 October 1945 and NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Poughkeepsie (PF 26) ex-PG-134 and hazegray.org Poughkeepsie both repeat this, with NavSource adding that the U.S. Navy decommissioned the ship on 1 October 1945, 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, pp. 34-35, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, reports that the transfer date was 2 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. Moreoover, Russell, pp. 34-35, makes clear that no ships were transferred under Project Hula after 4 September 1945 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 Poughkeepsie's U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 2 September 1945.
- ^ NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Poughkeepsie (PF 26) ex-PG-134 states that Poughkeepsie was named EK-25 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-27. 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.