USS Long Beach (PF-34)
USS Long Beach (PF-34) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Long Beach |
| Namesake |
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| Builder | Globe Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 19 March 1943 |
| Reclassified | PF-34, 15 April 1943 |
| Launched | 5 May 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Walter Boyd |
| Commissioned | 8 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
| Honors & awards | 4 × battle stars, World War II |
| Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945 |
| Acquired | Returned from Soviet Navy, 1949 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 30 November 1953 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1961 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | EK-2 |
| Acquired | 12 July 1945 |
| Commissioned | 12 July 1945 |
| Honors & awards | Guards rank and ensign |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 1949 |
| Japan | |
| Name | Shii |
| Acquired | 30 November 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 1967 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| 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 |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Armament |
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The second USS Long Beach (PF-34) was a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1943 to 1945. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-2 and then in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as Shii (PF-17) and Shii (PF-297) and YAS-44.