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Muskogee (PF-49)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Whiskey - Uniform

ex-PG-157

Carson City served the Navies of the United States, the Union of Socialist Republic's and South Korea

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate:

(MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-157

Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-49, 15 April 1943

Laid down 18 September 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Wilmington, CA.

Launched 18 October 1943

Commissioned USS Muskogee (PF-49), 16 March 1944

Decommissioned 26 August 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska

Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program 27 August 1945 to the Soviet Union as EK-19

Assigned to the Pacific Fleet 5 September 1945

Returned to U.S. custody 1 November 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Yokosuka

Transferred on loan to South Korea 23 October 1950 and renamed Dumon (PF 61)

Struck from the Naval Register 15 September 1972

Transferred outright to South Korea under the Security Assistance Program 1 October 1973

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 1,430 t.

Length 303' 11"(oa)

Beam 37' 6"

Draft 13' 8"

Speed 20.3 kts.

Complement 190

Armament: Three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector, eight Y-gun depth charge projectors and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500 iHP J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Muskogee (PF 49)
	260k	Photographed circa spring 1944 in a California port U.S. Navy photo NH 92998 by J. Coy Watson, USCG	Naval History and Heritage Command
	259k	Showing view of the forecastle, circa early 1944 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 92999	Mike Green
	226k	Close up of starboard bridge area, circa early 1944 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 93000
	223k	Showing view of starboard bridge area looking forward and to port, circa early 1944 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 93001
	356k	Showing view on board looking aft from the bridge wing along the starboard side, circa early 1944 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 93002
Dumon (PF 61)
	117k	c. 1958 South Korean Navy photo	Robert Hurst

Commanding Officers
01	CDR Rufus Edward Mroczkowski, USCG	16 March 1944 - 1945
02	LT Malcolm C. McGuire, USCGR	1945 - 26 August 1945

Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler

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