| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Hoquiam (PG-113) |
| Namesake: | Hoquiam, Washington |
| Builder: | Kaiser Cargo, Inc., Richmond, California |
| Yard number: | 48 |
| Laid down: | 10 April 1943 |
| Reclassified: | PF-5, 15 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 31 July 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss Helen Philbrick |
| Commissioned: | 8 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 August 1945 |
| Fate: | transferred to the Soviet Navy, 16 August 1945 |
| Acquired: | returned from Soviet Navy, 1 November 1949 |
| Recommissioned: | 27 September 1950 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 October 1951 |
| Honors and awards: |
5 battle stars, Korean War |
| Fate: | transferred to the Republic of Korea Navy, 5 October 1951 |
| Struck: | 1 August 1972 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | EK-14 |
| Acquired: | 16 August 1945 |
| Fate: | Returned to United States, 1 November 1949 |
| Career (South Korea) | |
| Name: | ROKS Nae Tong (PF-65) |
| Acquired: | 5 October 1951 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
| 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) |
USS Hoquiam (PF-5), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Hoquiam, Washington.
Hoquiam (PF-5) was laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Cargo, Inc., Yard 4, Richmond, California, on 10 April 1943 as PG-113, and reclassified as PF-5 on 15 April 1943. Launched on 31 July 1943; sponsored by Miss Helen Philbrick; and commissioned on 8 May 1944, Lieutenant Commander P. B. Trimble, USCG, in command.
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After shakedown off the coast of southern California, Hoquiam departed San Francisco on 20 August, steamed via Seattle, and arrived Kodiak, Alaska, 27 August for duty with the Alaskan Sea Frontier. During the remainder of the war, she patrolled island waters along the Alaskan coast.
After returning to Seattle for overhaul during June, 1945, she decommissioned at Cold Bay, Alaska, 16 August and transferred to Russia as EK-14 under lend-lease the same day. The ship was returned to the U.S. Navy on 1 November 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan.
Hoquiam recommissioned 27 September 1950, Lt. Comdr. B. A. Lane in command. Following a brief shakedown, she sailed to join American and United Nations forces in South Korea. Arriving off Wonsan, Korea, 25 October, she served as a harbor control and screening ship during amphibious landings. For the next two months she performed patrol, escort, harbor control, and communications duties along the northeastern coast of Korea.
In late December Hoquiam assisted with harbor control operations during the evacuation at Hungnam before sailing for Japan. Arriving Yokosuka on 30 December, she underwent a brief overhaul, then served as a drone target ship off the coast of Japan from late January until early March 1951. She returned to Korean waters on 8 March and over the next six months operated along the east coast of Korea from Wonsan to Songjin. She participated in interdiction and harassment patrols, designed to destroy enemy coastal shipping. In addition she conducted ASW operations off Wonsan and bombarded enemy shore installations and coastal supply routes.
While engaging enemy shore positions on 7 May, Hoquiam was damaged by gunfire. She returned to Japan, arriving Yokosuka on 16 May for repairs. Following repairs, she sailed on 4 June via Sasebo to Wonsan where she arrived on 10 June to resume bombardment and interdiction duty. She continued patrolling the eastern coast until September.
After returning to Yokosuka on 9 September, she decommissioned on 8 October and was leased to the Republic of Korea. She served the Korean Navy as Nae Tong (PF-65), until she was scrapped in 1973.
Hoquiam received five battle stars for Korean war service.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.