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Evansville (PF 70)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Xray - Quebec

ex-PG-178

Evansville served the Navies of the United States, the Soviet Union and Japan.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate:

(MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) The second Evansville was originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-178

Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-70, 15 April 1943

Laid down 28 August 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Leathem D. Smith Shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Launched 27 November 1943

Commissioned USS Evansville (PF-70), 4 December 1944

Transferred to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Program 4 September 1945 and named EK-30

Decommissioned 9 September 1945 at Cold Harbor, Alaska

Soviet custody assumed 10 September 1945

Assigned to the Pacific Fleet 25 September 1945

Returned to U.S. custody at Yokosuka, Japan 17 February 1950 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka

Recommissioned 29 July 1950

Decommissioned 28 February 1953

Transferred under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force 31 October 1953 and named Keyaki (PF 295)

Reclassified as an Auxiliary Stock Vessel, YAC-21, 31 March 1970

Decommissioned 31 March 1976

Returned to U.S. custody 15 October 1976

Scrapped in 1977.

Specifications:

Displacement 1,430 t.

Length, 303' 11"(oa)

Beam 37' 6"

Draft 13' 8"

Speed 20.3 kts.

Complement 176

Armament: Three 3"/50 dual purpose mounts (For those frigates fitted out for weather patrol duty, the after 3-inch gun was removed and a weather balloon hanger was added aft), two twin 40mm mounts,

nine 20mm mounts, one Hedgehog depth charge projector, eight depth charge projectors and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp Diamond Iron Works engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Evansville (PF 70)
	95k	Post card, postmarked 27 November 1943, Sturgeon Bay, WI	Paul Petosky
USS Evansville (PF 70)
	39k	.	Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
	113k	c. November 1951 Coming alongside USS Chara (AKA 58) in Korean waters Photo from the collection of Wilbur "Casey" Karsten served on the USS Chara (AKA-58) from July 1951 to November 1952	David Kusel
Keyaki (PF 295)
	42k	c. 1961 Shown as flagship, with deckhouse behind aft mast Photo by Hajime Fukaya from the 1961/1962 edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships"	Robert Hurst
	111k	c. 1966 Photo from the 1967/1968 edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships"	Mike Green

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR Gerald Tillman Applegate, USCG	4 December 1944 - 9 September 1945
02	LT George Raymond Bryan, Jr., USN - USNA Class of 1943	1951 - 28 February 1953

Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler

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