USS Belfast information

History
United States
Name	Belfast
Namesake	City of 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 1943
Decommissioned	12 July 1945
Honors and; awards	2 battle stars, World War II
Fate	Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945
Stricken	31 January 1950
Soviet Union
Name	EK-3
Acquired	12 July 1945
Commissioned	12 July 1945
Fate	Wrecked, 17 November 1948; Scrapped 1960;
General characteristics
Class and 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 dual purpose guns (3x1); 4 x 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), the only ship of the name, was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1943 to 1945. She then served in the Soviet Navy as EK-3.

^ NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Belfast (PF 35) ex-PG-143 states that the U.S. Navy decommissioned Belfast on 11 July 1945, but the ship's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Belfast article states that the ship was decommissioned on 12 July 1945. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and hazegray.org Belfast both agree that the ship was transferred on 12 July 1945, and Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, also reports that the transfer date was 12 July 1945 (as sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994). Moreover, according to Russell, Project Hula ships were decommissioned by the U.S. Navy simultaneously with their transfer to the Soviet Navy – see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of USS Coronado (PF-38), which Russell says typified the transfer process – indicating that Belfast's U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 12 July 1945.

[transfer_date-1] NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Belfast (PF 35) ex-PG-143 states that the U.S. Navy decommissioned Belfast on 11 July 1945, but the ship's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Belfast article states that the ship was decommissioned on 12 July 1945. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and hazegray.org Belfast both agree that the ship was transferred on 12 July 1945, and Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, also reports that the transfer date was 12 July 1945 (as sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994). Moreover, according to Russell, Project Hula ships were decommissioned by the U.S. Navy simultaneously with their transfer to the Soviet Navy – see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of USS Coronado (PF-38), which Russell says typified the transfer process – indicating that Belfast's U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 12 July 1945.

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History

United States
Name	Belfast
Namesake	City of 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 1943
Decommissioned	12 July 1945^[1]
Honors and awards	2 battle stars, World War II
Fate	Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945
Stricken	31 January 1950
Soviet Union
Name	EK-3
Acquired	12 July 1945
Commissioned	12 July 1945
Fate	Wrecked, 17 November 1948 Scrapped 1960
General characteristics
Class and 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 dual purpose guns (3x1) 4 x 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