Allied Warships

USS Albuquerque (PF-7)

Frigate of the Tacoma class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassTacoma 
PennantPF-7 
Built byKaiser Cargo, Inc. (Richmond, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered8 Dec 1942 
Laid down20 Jul 1943 
Launched14 Sep 1943 
Commissioned20 Dec 1943 
End service28 Feb 1953 
History

Decommissioned at Cold Harbor, Alaska on 16 August 1945.
Transferred to the USSR on 17 August 1945 being renamed EK-16.
Returned to the U.S.N. at Yokosuka, Japan on 15 November 1949.
Recommissioned 30 October 1950.
Decommissioned 28 February 1953.
Transferred to Japan on 30 November 1953 being renamed Tochi (PF 296).
Sunk as a target in 1968.

 

Commands listed for USS Albuquerque (PF-7)

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1Wayne L Goff, USCG11 Dec 19436 Oct 1944

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