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USS Machias (PF-53)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Machias.
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.
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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 |
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Name | EK-4[2] |
Acquired | 12 July 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 12 July 1945[3] |
Fate | Returned to United States, October 1949 |
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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 |
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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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