USS San Pedro information

	USS San Pedro (PF-37) in World War II
History
United States
Name	San Pedro
Namesake	City of San Pedro, California
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California
Reclassified	PF-37, 15 April 1943
Laid down	17 April 1943
Launched	11 June 1943
Sponsored by	Miss Virginia Ann Massee
Commissioned	23 October 1943
Decommissioned	12 July 1945
Honors and; awards	4 × battle stars, World War II
Fate	Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945
Acquired	Returned by Soviet Navy, 17 October 1949
Fate	Transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 2 April 1953
Acquired	Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 26 July 1978
Fate	Sunk as target
Stricken	1 December 1961
Soviet Union
Name	EK-5
Acquired	12 July 1945
Commissioned	12 July 1945
Fate	Returned to US, 17 October 1949
Japan
Name	Kaya
Acquired	2 April 1953
Renamed	YAC-23, 1966
Decommissioned	1 April 1977
Fate	Returned to United States, 26 July 1978
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
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)
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 San Pedro (PF-37), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1943 to 1945, thus far has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Pedro, California. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-5 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as Kaya (PF-8), Kaya (PF-288) and as YAC-23.

^ ^a ^b The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships San Pedro article states that San Pedro was transferred on 13 July 1945 and NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive San Pedro (PF 37) ex-PG-145 and hazegray.org San Pedro repeat this. However, 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, 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.
^ According to 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, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, Project Hula ships were commissioned into the Soviet Navy simultaneously with their transfer from the U.S. 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. 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.

[transfer_date-1] The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships San Pedro article states that San Pedro was transferred on 13 July 1945 and NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive San Pedro (PF 37) ex-PG-145 and hazegray.org San Pedro repeat this. However, 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, 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.

[Soviet_commissioning_date-2] According to 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, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, Project Hula ships were commissioned into the Soviet Navy simultaneously with their transfer from the U.S. 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. 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.

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History
USS San Pedro (PF-37) in World War II
United States
Name	San Pedro
Namesake	City of San Pedro, California
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California
Reclassified	PF-37, 15 April 1943
Laid down	17 April 1943
Launched	11 June 1943
Sponsored by	Miss Virginia Ann Massee
Commissioned	23 October 1943
Decommissioned	12 July 1945
Honors and awards	4 × battle stars, World War II
Fate	Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 12 July 1945^[1]
Acquired	Returned by Soviet Navy, 17 October 1949
Fate	Transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 2 April 1953
Acquired	Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 26 July 1978
Fate	Sunk as target
Stricken	1 December 1961
Soviet Union
Name	EK-5
Acquired	12 July 1945^[1]
Commissioned	12 July 1945^[2]
Fate	Returned to US, 17 October 1949
Japan
Name	Kaya
Acquired	2 April 1953
Renamed	YAC-23, 1966
Decommissioned	1 April 1977
Fate	Returned to United States, 26 July 1978
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
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)
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