USS Eugene (PF-40)
Service
- as Eugene15 January 1944 — 12 June 1946596 days of the war
- as José Martí (F301)? — 19762,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Eugene
- Pennant / hull number
- PF-40
- Namesake
- City of Eugene, Oregon
- Builder
- Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles
- Launched
- 6 July 1943
- Commissioned
- 15 January 1944
- Decommissioned
- 12 June 1946
- Struck
- 19 July 1946
- Fate
- Scrapped, 1976 (1976)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
- Length
- 92.35 m (303 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 190
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Eugene (PF-40) was launched by Consolidated Steel Corp., Wilmington, Calif., on 6 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Frank D. Cross; and commissioned on 15 January 1944, Cmdr. C. R. MacLean, USCG, in command.
Following her shakedown cruise, Eugene, which was manned by a Coast Guard crew, stood out of San Francisco en route to the southwestern Pacific.
Arriving off the coast of Australia in late June 1944 she engaged in antisubmarine patrol off New Guinea and the Philippines, transported personnel, bombarded the shore at Soepiori Island, but principally escorted convoys among the islands of the area.
In December 1944 she returned to the United States for overhaul. She returned briefly to convoy duty until 25 May 1945 when she was converted to a weather ship, and performed this duty until arriving at Charleston, S.C., for decommissioning on 12 June 1946. Eugene was stricken from the Navy List on 19 July 1946.
From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Eugene (PF-40)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × 5500 shp turbines
- 3 boilers
- 2 shafts
- 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
Sister ships
- Soviet frigate EK-1
- Soviet frigate EK-10
- Soviet frigate EK-11
- Soviet frigate EK-12
- Soviet frigate EK-13
- Soviet frigate EK-14
- Soviet frigate EK-15
- Soviet frigate EK-16
- Soviet frigate EK-17
- Soviet frigate EK-18
- Soviet frigate EK-19
- Soviet frigate EK-2
- Soviet frigate EK-20
- Soviet frigate EK-21
- Soviet frigate EK-22
- Soviet frigate EK-25
- Soviet frigate EK-26
- Soviet frigate EK-27
- Soviet frigate EK-28
- Soviet frigate EK-29
- Soviet frigate EK-3
- Soviet frigate EK-30
- Soviet frigate EK-4
- Soviet frigate EK-5
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Eugene (PF-40) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Eugene (PF-40) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 81380 — https://www.navsource.net/archives/12/08040.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons