&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Sandusky.jpg) USS Sandusky (PF-54)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Sandusky |
| Namesake | City of Sandusky, Ohio[1] |
| Reclassified | PF-54, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 8 July 1943 |
| Launched | 5 October 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Mabel Apel |
| Commissioned | 18 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
| Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars, World War II |
| Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945[2] |
| Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 15 October 1949 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 26 February 1953 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
| Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 31 March 1970 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1970 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | EK-7[4] |
| Acquired | 12 July 1945[2] |
| Commissioned | 12 July 1945[3] |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 15 October 1949 |
 Japan | |
| Name | Nire |
| Acquired | 26 February 1953 |
| Renamed | YAC-19, 1969 |
| Reclassified | Auxiliary stock craft (YAC), 1969 |
| Fate | Returned to United States 31 March 1970 for disposal |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
| 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 Sandusky (PF-54), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, was the second United States Navy ship of the name and the first to be named for Sandusky, Ohio.[1] She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-7 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Nire (PF-7), Nire (PF-287) and as YAC-19.
- ^ a b The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Sandusky article mentions only the Sandusky River as a namesake, implying that both USS Sandusky (1865) and USS Sandusky (PF-54). Actually, only USS Sandusky of 1865 was named for the river. All Tacoma-class patrol frigates were named after small cities – for example, see 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. 22 – and PF-54 was named after the city of Sandusky, Ohio.
- ^ a b The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Sandusky article states that Sandusky was transferred on 13 July 1945, and NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Sandusky (PF 54) ex-PG-162 and hazegray.org Sandusky 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Sandusky article states that Sanduskywas named EK-10 in Soviet service and NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Sandusky (PF 54) ex-PG-162 and hazegray.org Sandusky repeat this, 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-7. 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.