USS Burlington (PF-51)
USS Burlington (PF-51) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Burlington |
| Namesake | City of Burlington, Iowa |
| Reclassified | PF-51, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles |
| Yard number | 536 |
| Laid down | 19 October 1943 |
| Launched | 7 December 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Florence E. Conrad |
| Acquired | 31 March 1944 |
| Commissioned | 3 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 26 August 1945 |
| Honors & awards | 2 battle stars, World War II |
| Fate | Transferred to Soviet Navy, 26 August 1945 |
| Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949 |
| Recommissioned | 5 January 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 15 September 1952 |
| Honors & awards | 5 battle stars, Korean War |
| Stricken | 28 May 1953 |
| Fate | Sold to Colombian National Armada, 26 June 1953 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | EK-21 |
| Acquired | 26 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 26 August 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 14 November 1949 |
| Colombia | |
| Name | Almirante Brión |
| Acquired | 26 June 1953 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
| 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 |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
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USS Burlington (PF-51) was a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1952, the only United States Navy ship thus far to have been named for Burlington, Iowa. She also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-21 and in the Colombian National Armada as ARC Almirante Brión (F 14).