| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Bayonne (PG-129) |
| Namesake: | Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Reclassified: | PF-21, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder: | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
| Yard number: | 1013 |
| Laid down: | 6 May 1943, as PG-129 |
| Launched: | 11 September 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Hannah Gallagher |
| In service: | 22 September 1944 |
| Out of service: | 6 October 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 14 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 September 1945 |
| Fate: | transferred to the Soviet Navy, 2 September 1945 |
| Acquired: | returned from Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949 |
| Recommissioned: | 28 July 1950 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 January 1953 |
| Honors and awards: |
6 battle stars, Korean War |
| Fate: | transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 31 January 1953 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1961 |
| Acquired: | returned from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 27 June 1967 |
| Fate: | sunk as a target, 1 March 1968 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | EK-24 |
| Acquired: | 2 September 1945 |
| Fate: | Returned to United States, 14 November 1949 |
| Career (Japan) | |
| Name: | JDS Buna (PF-294) |
| Acquired: | 31 January 1953 |
| Renamed: | YAC-11, 1 February 1965 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1965 |
| Fate: | Returned to United States, 27 June 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 Bayonne (PF-21), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bayonne, New Jersey.
Bayonne (PF-21) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1487) on 6 May 1943 at Cleveland, Ohio, by the American Ship Building Company; launched on 11 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Hannah Gallagher; and placed in service on 22 September 1944 for the voyage to Baltimore, Maryland. She arrived in Baltimore on 2 October 1944 and was placed out of service on 6 October 1944. Upon the completion of her outfitting, the frigate was placed in commission at Baltimore on 14 February 1945, Comdr. Elmer E. Comstock, USCG, in command.