| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Albuquerque (PG-115) |
| Namesake: | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Reclassified: | PF-7, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder: | Kaiser Cargo, Inc., Richmond, California |
| Yard number: | 50 |
| Laid down: | 20 July 1943 |
| Launched: | 14 September 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. B. L. Livingstone |
| Commissioned: | 20 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 August 1945 |
| Fate: | transferred to the Soviet Navy, 17 August 1945 |
| Acquired: | returned from Soviet Navy, 15 November 1949 |
| Recommissioned: | 3 October 1950 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 February 1953 |
| Honors and awards: |
3 battle stars, Korean War |
| Fate: | transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 30 November 1953 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1961 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | EK-16 |
| Acquired: | 17 August 1945 |
| Fate: | Returned to United States, 15 November 1949 |
| Career (Japan) | |
| Name: | JDS Tochi (PF-296) |
| Acquired: | 30 November 1953 |
| Renamed: | YAC-15, 31 March 1965 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target, 1968 |
| 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) vertical triple expansion engines/ 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 Albuquerque (PF-7), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The first Albuquerque (PF-7), originally designated PG-115, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1425) on 20 July 1943 at the Kaiser Cargo, Inc., shipyard in Richmond, California; launched on 14 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. B. L. Livingstone; and commissioned on 20 December 1943, with Lieutenant Commander Wayne L. Goff, USCG, in command.