Allied Warships

USS Long Beach (PF-34)

Frigate of the Tacoma class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassTacoma 
PennantPF-34 
Built byConsolidated Steel Corp. (Wilmington, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Mar 1943 
Launched5 May 1943 
Commissioned8 Sep 1943 
End service12 Jul 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned at Cold Harbor, Alaska on 12 July 1945 and transferred to the USSR the same day.
Returned to the U.S.N at an unknown date (1949?).
Transferred to Japan in November 1953 being renamed Shii (PF-17).
Shii was scrapped in January 1967.

 

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1Lt.Cdr. T. H. Midtlying, USCG8 Sep 1943???

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