| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Muskogee (PG-157) |
| Namesake: | Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| Reclassified: | PF-49, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
| Yard number: | 534 |
| Laid down: | 18 September 1943 |
| Launched: | 18 October 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. S. B. Hudson |
| Commissioned: | 16 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 August 1945 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle stars, World War II |
| Fate: | transferred to the Soviet Navy, 27 August 1945 |
| Acquired: | returned from Soviet Navy, 1 November 1949 |
| Fate: | transferred to the Republic of Korea Navy, 23 October 1950 |
| Struck: | 15 September 1972 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | EK-21 |
| Acquired: | 27 August 1945 |
| Fate: | Returned to United States, 1 November 1949 |
| Career (South Korea) | |
| Name: | ROKS Duman (PF-61) |
| Acquired: | 23 October 1950 |
| Fate: | unknown |
| 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 6 in (11.43 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 Muskogee (PF-49), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Muskogee (PF-49) was laid down on 18 September 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California; launched on 18 October 1943, sponsored by Mrs. S. B. Hudson, wife of the mayor of Muskogee; and commissioned on 16 March 1944, Commander Rufus E. Mroczkowski, USCG, in command.
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After training and exercises off the California coast, Muskogee departed San Pedro, California, on 18 June 1944 for Nouméa, where she arrived on 18 July for patrol and escort duty from Nouméa and, after its capture, Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. Anti-submarine patrol and screening for ships operating around New Guinea were her primary duties into October. On 18 October she got underway screening the second reinforcement group bound for newly invaded Leyte, arriving in San Pedro Bay on 24 October to screen transports and supply ships under numerous enemy air attacks while waiting for a group of empty LSTs to form up for the return passage. As her convoy retired on the 26th, it was again attacked, and Muskogee joined in downing several enemy aircraft. A second escort voyage to Leyte in early November was less eventful.
Concluding her New Guinea patrols, Muskogee arrived in Pearl Harbor on 15 December, then reported at Dutch Harbor on 12 January 1945 for similar duty in the Aleutians. On 6 July she cleared Adak for repairs at Seattle, returning to Alaska to decommission at Cold Bay on 26 August 1945.
Leased to the Russian Government on 27 August 1945, she was returned to U.S. custody on 1 November 1949 in Japan.
Loaned to South Korea on 23 October 1950 and commissioned as Duman (PF-61). The ship was transferred outright to South Korea under the Security Assistance Program on 1 October 1973. Its fate remains unknown.
Muskogee received one battle star for World War II service.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.