USS Belfast (PF-35)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Belfast (PG-143) |
| Namesake: | Belfast, Maine |
| Builder: | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
| Laid down: | 26 March 1943 |
| Reclassified: | PF-35, 15 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss Elizabeth C. Wilson |
| Commissioned: | 24 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 July 1945 |
| Honors and awards: |
2 battle stars, World War II |
| Fate: | transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945 |
| Struck: | 31 January 1950 |
| Career (Soviet Union) | |
| Name: | EK-3 |
| Acquired: | 12 July 1945 |
| Fate: | Ran aground and wrecked, 17 November 1948 |
| 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 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 Belfast (PF-35), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Belfast, Maine.
Belfast (PF-35) was laid down on 26 March 1943 at Wilmington, California, by the Consolidated Steel Corporation under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1446); launched on 20 May 1943; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth C. Wilson; and placed in commission at Terminal Island, California, on 24 November 1943, Lt. Comdr. J. J. Hutson, USCG, in command.
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