Charlottesville in 1948 |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Charlottesville (PG-133) |
| Namesake: | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Reclassified: | PF-25, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder: | Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin |
| Laid down: | 12 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 30 July 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. J. E. Gleason |
| Commissioned: | 10 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 July 1945 |
| Honors and awards: |
2 battle stars, World War II |
| Fate: | transferred to the Soviet Navy, 13 July 1945 |
| Acquired: | returned from Soviet Navy, 17 October 1949 |
| Fate: | transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 14 January 1953 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | EK-1 |
| Acquired: | 13 July 1945 |
| Fate: | Returned to United States, 17 October 1949 |
| Career (Japan) | |
| Name: | JDS Matsu (PF-286) |
| Acquired: | 14 January 1953 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1969 |
| Renamed: | YAS-36, 31 March 1966 |
| In service: | 31 March 1966, as auxiliary service vessel |
| Fate: | Returned to United States, 12 July 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full |
| Length: | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft 11 in (11.56 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines 3 boilers 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 190 |
| Armament: | • 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns (3×1) • 4 × 40 mm guns (2×2) • 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1) • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar • 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors • 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Charlottesville (PF-25), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlottesville, Virginia.
Charlottesville (PF-25) was launched on 30 July 1943 by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company in Superior, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Gleason, wife of the mayor of Charlottesville; and commissioned on 10 April 1944, with Lieutenant W. F. Cass, USCG, in command.
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Departing New York City on 18 August 1944, Charlottesville arrived at Finschhafen, New Guinea, on 29 September by way of Bora Bora in the Society Islands. She operated on convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol duty between New Guinea and the Philippines until 6 March 1945 when she departed Leyte for Seattle, Washington, arriving there on 15 June.
Following the training of Russian personnel in the operation of the ship, Charlottesville was decommissioned on 12 July 1945 and transferred to the Soviet Union the next day under Lend-Lease. The ship was returned to United States custody on 17 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan, and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka.
Charlottesville was lent to Japan on 14 January 1953 and renamed Matsu. Decommissioned on 31 March 1969, she was returned to U.S. custody on 12 July 1972. Fate unknown.
Charlottesville received two battle stars for service in World War II.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.