MACHIAS PF 53

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate Authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-161 Redesignated Patrol Frigate (PF) April 15 1943 Keel Laid May 8 1943 - Launched August 22 1943 USS MACHIAS PF-53 Commissioned March 29 1944 - Decommissioned July 12 1945 EK-9 (Soviet Union Naval Service) Transferred July 13 1945 to the Soviet Union and renamed Returned to U.S. custody October 1949 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Yokosuka Group NARA PF-2 (Japanese Naval Service) Loaned January 14 1953 to Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force and renamed NARA PF-282 (Japanese Naval Service) Redesignated September 1 1957 Struck from Naval Register December 1 1961 Transferred outright to Japan August 28 1962 Decommissioned by Japan March 31 1966 NARA YTE-3 (Japanese Naval Service) Converted to Non-self Propelled Dockside Trainer (YTE) Sold March 31 1969 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-06-20

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Other Information

MACHIAS received two battle stars for World War II service

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Machias, Maine

 

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