USS Evansville (PF-70)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Evansville |
| Namesake | City of Evansville, Indiana |
| Reclassified | PF-70, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 313 |
| Laid down | 28 August 1943 |
| Launched | 27 November 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Don Davis |
| Commissioned | 4 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 4 September 1945 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy, 4 September 1945 |
| Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 1949 |
| Recommissioned | 29 July 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1953 |
| Fate | Transferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 31 October 1953 |
| Acquired | Returned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 15 October 1976 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1977 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | EK-30 |
| Acquired | 4 September 1945 |
| Commissioned | 4 September 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 1949 |
| Japan | |
| Name | Keyaki |
| Acquired | 31 October 1953 |
| Renamed | YAC-21, 1970 |
| Reclassified | Auxiliary stock craft (YAC), 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1976 |
| Fate | Returned to United States, 15 October 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| 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 |
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| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Armament |
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USS Evansville (PF-70), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1953, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Evansville, Indiana. She also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-30 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Keyaki (PF-15), JDS Keyaki (PF-295) and YAC-21.