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|Ship name=USS ''Newport'' (PG-135)
|Ship name= ''Newport''
|Ship namesake=[[Newport, Rhode Island]]
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|Ship sponsor= Mrs. Nicholas Brown
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|Ship decommissioned= 4 September 1945<ref name="transfer date">The [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n4/newport-ii.htm ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' ''Newport'' II] article states that ''Newport'' "arrived at Cold Bay to decommission" on 9 September 1945 and [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pf27.htm hazegray.org ''Newport''] repeats this, while [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/08027.htm NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Newport (PF 27) ex-PG-135] states that she was decommissioned on 9 September 1945 and that she was transferred to the Soviet Union on 10 September 1945, but more recent research in Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 34-35, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the [[Cold War]], reports that the transfer date was 4 September 1945 at Cold Bay. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, ''Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels'' Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., ''Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik'' ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994. It should also be noted that the table showing all Project Hula transfers in Russell, p. 39, also gives a transfer date of 9 September 1945, although text in Russell, pp. 34-35, makes clear that ''Newport'' and three other patrol frigates were transferred on 4 September 1945 and were the last ships transferred in Project Hula, and that all Project Hula transfers were ordered halted on 5 September 1945. According to Russell, Project Hula ships were decommissioned by the U.S. Navy simultaneously with their transfer to the Soviet Navy &ndash; see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various [[large infantry landing craft]] (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of {{USS|Coronado|PF-38}}, which Russell says typified the transfer process &ndash; indicating that ''Newport''{{'}}s U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 4 September 1945.</ref>
|Ship decommissioned= 4 September 1945<ref name="transfer date">The [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/newport-ii.html ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' ''Newport'' II] article states that ''Newport'' "arrived at Cold Bay to decommission" on 9 September 1945 and [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pf27.htm hazegray.org ''Newport''] repeats this, while [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/08027.htm NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Newport (PF 27) ex-PG-135] states that she was decommissioned on 9 September 1945 and that she was transferred to the Soviet Union on 10 September 1945, but more recent research in Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, pp. 34–35, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the [[Cold War]], reports that the transfer date was 4 September 1945 at Cold Bay. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, ''Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels'' Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., ''Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik'' ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994. It should also be noted that the table showing all Project Hula transfers in Russell, p. 39, also gives a transfer date of 9 September 1945, although text in Russell, pp. 34–35, makes clear that ''Newport'' and three other patrol frigates were transferred on 4 September 1945 and were the last ships transferred in Project Hula, and that all Project Hula transfers were ordered halted on 5 September 1945. According to Russell, Project Hula ships were decommissioned by the U.S. Navy simultaneously with their transfer to the Soviet Navy &ndash; see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various [[large infantry landing craft]] (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of {{USS|Coronado|PF-38}}, which Russell says typified the transfer process &ndash; indicating that ''Newport''{{'}}s U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 4 September 1945.</ref>
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|Ship name= ''EK-28''<ref name="Soviet name">[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/080027.htm NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Newport (PF 27) ex-PG-135] claims that ''Newport'' was named ''EK-27'' in Soviet service , but Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the [[Cold War]], reports that the ship's Soviet name was ''EK-28''. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, ''Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels'' Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., ''Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik'' ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.</ref>
|Ship name= ''EK-28''<ref name="Soviet name">[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/080027.htm NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Newport (PF 27) ex-PG-135]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} claims that ''Newport'' was named ''EK-27'' in Soviet service, but Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the [[Cold War]], reports that the ship's Soviet name was ''EK-28''. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, ''Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels'' Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., ''Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik'' ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.</ref>
|Ship acquired=4 September 1945<ref name="transfer date"/>
|Ship acquired=4 September 1945<ref name="transfer date"/>
|Ship commissioned=4 September 1945<ref name="Soviet commissioning date">According to Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the [[Cold War]], Project Hula ships were commissioned into the Soviet Navy simultaneously with their transfer from the U.S. Navy; see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various [[large infantry landing craft]] (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of {{USS|Coronado|PF-38}}, which Russell says typified the transfer process. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, ''Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels'' Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., ''Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik'' ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.</ref>
|Ship commissioned=4 September 1945<ref name="Soviet commissioning date">According to Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the [[Cold War]], Project Hula ships were commissioned into the Soviet Navy simultaneously with their transfer from the U.S. Navy; see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various [[large infantry landing craft]] (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of {{USS|Coronado|PF-38}}, which Russell says typified the transfer process. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, ''Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels'' Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., ''Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik'' ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.</ref>
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'''USS ''Newport'' (PF-27)''', a {{sclass|Tacoma|frigate}} in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1952, was the second ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the city of [[Newport, Rhode Island]]. She later served in the [[Soviet Navy]] as '''''EK-28''''' and in the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]] as '''JDS ''Kaede'' (PF-13)''', '''JDS ''Kaede'' (PF-293)''' and as '''''YAC-17'''''.
'''USS ''Newport'' (PF-27)''', a {{sclass|Tacoma|frigate}} in commission from 1944 to 1945, and from 1950 to 1952, was the second ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the city of [[Newport, Rhode Island]]. She later served in the [[Soviet Navy]] as '''''EK-28''''' and in the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]] as '''JDS ''Kaede'' (PF-13)''', '''JDS ''Kaede'' (PF-293)''' and as '''''YAC-17'''''.


==Construction and commissioning==
==Construction and commissioning==
Originally classified as a patrol [[gunboat]], '''PG-135''', ''Newport'' was reclassified as a [[patrol frigate]], PF-46, on 15 April 1943. She was [[Keel laying|laid down]] by the [[Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company]] in [[Superior, Wisconsin|Superior]], [[Wisconsin]], on 8 June 1943 and [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 15 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Nicholas Brown. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], on 8 September 1944, with [[Lieutenant Commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] G. L. Holt, [[USCG]], in command.
Originally classified as a patrol [[gunboat]], '''PG-135''', ''Newport'' was reclassified as a [[patrol frigate]], PF-46, on 15 April 1943. She was [[Keel laying|laid down]] by the [[Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company]] in [[Superior, Wisconsin|Superior]], [[Wisconsin]], on 8 June 1943, and [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 15 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Nicholas Brown. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], on 8 September 1944.


==Service history==
==Service history==


===U.S. Navy, World War II, 1944-1945===
===U.S. Navy, World War II, 1944-1945===
After [[Shakedown (testing)|shakedown]] at [[Bermuda]], ''Newport'' proceeded from [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]], to [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]], [[Cuba]], on escort duty, returning on 24 February 1945 to [[Tompkinsville, New York|Tompkinsville]] on [[Staten Island]], New York, her [[home port]] for exercises and patrol off the [[United States East Coast]] until 9 July 1945.
After [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] at [[Bermuda]], ''Newport'' proceeded from [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]], to [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]], [[Cuba]], on escort duty, returning on 24 February 1945 to [[Tompkinsville, New York|Tompkinsville]] on [[Staten Island]], New York, her [[home port]] for exercises and patrol off the [[United States East Coast]] until 9 July 1945.


Earmarked for transfer to the [[Soviet Navy]] in [[Project Hula]], a secret program for the transfer of U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy in anticipation of the [[Soviet Union]] joining the [[Pacific War|war against Japan]], ''Newport'' steamed via the [[Panama Canal]] and [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], to [[Cold Bay, Alaska|Cold Bay]] in the [[Territory of Alaska]] to train her new Soviet crew.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 35.</ref>
Earmarked for transfer to the [[Soviet Navy]] in [[Project Hula]], a secret program for the transfer of U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy in anticipation of the [[Soviet Union]] joining the [[Pacific War|war against Japan]], ''Newport'' steamed via the [[Panama Canal]] and [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], to [[Cold Bay, Alaska|Cold Bay]] in the [[Territory of Alaska]] to train her new Soviet crew.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, p. 35.</ref>


===Soviet Navy, 1945–1949===
===Soviet Navy, 1945–1949===


Following the completion of training for her Soviet crew, ''Newport'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 4 September 1945<ref name="transfer date"/> at Cold Bay and transferred to the Soviet Union under [[Lend-Lease]] immediately<ref name="transfer date"/> along with her [[sister ship]]s {{USS|Gloucester|PF-22}}, {{USS|Bath|PF-55}}, and {{USS|Evansville|PF-70}}, the last of 28 patrol frigates transferred to the Soviet Navy in Project Hula. Commissioned into the Soviet Navy immediately,<ref name="Soviet commissioning date"/> ''Newport'' was designated as a ''storozhevoi korabl'' ("escort ship") and renamed '''''EK-28'''''<ref name="Soviet name"/> in Soviet service.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 35, 39.</ref>
Following the completion of training for her Soviet crew, ''Newport'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 4 September 1945<ref name="transfer date"/> at Cold Bay and transferred to the Soviet Union under [[Lend-Lease]] immediately<ref name="transfer date"/> along with her [[sister ship]]s {{USS|Gloucester|PF-22}}, {{USS|Bath|PF-55}}, and {{USS|Evansville|PF-70}}, the last of 28 patrol frigates transferred to the Soviet Navy in Project Hula. Commissioned into the Soviet Navy immediately,<ref name="Soviet commissioning date"/> ''Newport'' was designated as a ''storozhevoi korabl'' ("escort ship") and renamed '''''EK-28'''''<ref name="Soviet name"/> in Soviet service.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, pp. 35, 39.</ref>


On 5 September 1945, all ship transfers to the Soviet Union were ordered stopped, although training for ships already transferred was allowed to continue. Accordingly, ''EK-28'' remained at Cold Bay along with ''EK-26'' (ex-''Gloucester''), ''EK-29'' (ex-''Bath''), and ''EK-30'' (ex-''Evanvsille'') for additional shakedown and training until 17 September 1945, when all four ships departed in company bound for [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]] in the Soviet Union, the last four of the 149 Project Hula ships to do so. Too late for [[World War II]] service with the Soviet Navy, ''EK-28'' served as a patrol vessel in the [[Soviet Far East]].<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 34, 35, 39.</ref>
On 5 September 1945, all ship transfers to the Soviet Union were ordered stopped, although training for ships already transferred was allowed to continue. Accordingly, ''EK-28'' remained at Cold Bay along with ''EK-26'' (ex-''Gloucester''), ''EK-29'' (ex-''Bath''), and ''EK-30'' (ex-''Evanvsille'') for additional shakedown and training until 17 September 1945, when all four ships departed in company bound for [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]] in the Soviet Union, the last four of the 149 Project Hula ships to do so. Too late for [[World War II]] service with the Soviet Navy, ''EK-28'' served as a patrol vessel in the [[Soviet Far East]].<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, pp. 34, 35, 39.</ref>


In February 1946, the United States began negotiations for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Union for use during World War II. On 8 May 1947, [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] [[James V. Forrestal]] informed the [[United States Department of State]] that the [[United States Department of the Navy]] wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned, ''EK-28'' among them. Negotiations for the return of the ships were protracted, but on 14 November 1949 the Soviet Union finally returned ''EK-28'' to the U.S. Navy at [[United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka|Yokosuka]], Japan.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 37-38, 39.</ref>
In February 1946, the United States began negotiations for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Union for use during World War II. On 8 May 1947, [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] [[James V. Forrestal]] informed the [[United States Department of State]] that the [[United States Department of the Navy]] wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned, ''EK-28'' among them. Negotiations for the return of the ships were protracted, but on 14 November 1949 the Soviet Union finally returned ''EK-28'' to the U.S. Navy at [[United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka|Yokosuka]], Japan.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, pp. 37–38, 39.</ref>


===U.S. Navy, Korean War, 1950–1953===
===U.S. Navy, Korean War, 1950–1953===
Reverting to her original name, ''Newport'' lay idle in the [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]] until recommissioned on 27 July 1950for service in the [[Korean War]]. She patrolled off [[Incheon|Inchon]], [[Korea]], from 15 to 26 September 1950, screening [[United Nations]] ships during the [[Battle of Inchon|Inchon landings]].
Reverting to her original name, ''Newport'' lay idle in the [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]] until recommissioned on 27 July 1950 for service in the [[Korean War]]. Lieutenant Commander P.A. Lilly became her recommissioning Commanding Officer. She patrolled off [[Incheon|Inchon]], [[Korea]], from 15 to 26 September 1950, screening [[United Nations]] ships during the [[Battle of Inchon|Inchon landings]]. Lilly recalled, "The extreme tides made for extreme currents and rip tides. When I went alongside an anchored tanker, I had to keep engines turning to stay alongside until fully moored. After the troops were safely ashore, we (escort ships) made our way back to Japan with the newly empty troop ships."<ref>"A Sailor's Life", memoirs of Capt. P.A. "Tony" Lilly, USN (ret).</ref>


''Newport'' then was converted for service as a [[weather ship]], and so served on [[ocean weather station]]s in the Northwest [[Pacific Ocean]] until November 1951, when she took up varied duties off Korea, including screening [[underway replenishment]] groups, patrolling, and on 29 December 1951 conducting a [[shore bombardment]] at [[Wonsan]]. She next operated in the [[Philippine Islands]] until decommissioning at Yokosuka on 30 April 1952 and returning to a reserve status.
''Newport'' then was converted for service as a [[weather ship]], and so served on [[ocean weather station]]s in the Northwest [[Pacific Ocean]] until November 1951, when she took up varied duties off Korea, including screening [[underway replenishment]] groups, patrolling, and on 29 December 1951 conducting a [[shore bombardment]] at [[Wonsan]]. She next operated in the [[Philippine Islands]] until decommissioning at Yokosuka on 30 April 1952 and returning to a reserve status.


===Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1953–1975===
===Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1953–1975===

{{other ships|Japanese ship Kaede}}

Loaned to [[Japan]] on 1 October 1953 for service in the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]] (JMSDF), the ship was commissioned as {{Nihongo|'''JDS ''Kaede'' (PF-13)'''|かえで (PF-13)||"[[maple]]"}}.{{Sfn|The Naval Database}} The JMSDF reclassified her as '''PF-293''' on 1 September 1957.{{Sfn|The Naval Database}} The U.S. Navy struck her from the U.S. [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 1 December 1961, and the United States transferred her to the JMSDF outright on 28 August 1962. ''Kaede'' was reclassified as an "auxiliary stock craft" (YAC) and renamed '''YAC-17''' on 31 March 1966,{{Sfn|The Naval Database}} serving thereafter as a non-operational training ship. Decommissioned on 31 March 1972, ''YAC-17'' was returned to U.S. custody on 20 May 1975. Her final disposition is unknown.
Loaned to [[Japan]] on 1 October 1953 for service in the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]] (JMSDF), the ship was commissioned as {{Nihongo|'''JDS ''Kaede'' (PF-13)'''|かえで (PF-13)||"[[maple]]"}}.{{Sfn|The Naval Database}} The JMSDF reclassified her as '''PF-293''' on 1 September 1957.{{Sfn|The Naval Database}} The U.S. Navy struck her from the U.S. [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 1 December 1961, and the United States transferred her to the JMSDF outright on 28 August 1962. ''Kaede'' was reclassified as an "auxiliary stock craft" (YAC) and renamed '''YAC-17''' on 31 March 1966,{{Sfn|The Naval Database}} serving thereafter as a non-operational training ship. Decommissioned on 31 March 1972, ''YAC-17'' was returned to U.S. custody on 20 May 1975. Her final disposition is unknown.


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== References ==
== References ==
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n4/newport-ii.htm}}
*{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/newport-ii.html}}
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*{{navsource|12/08027|USS Newport}}
*{{navsource|12/08027|USS Newport}}
*[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pf27.htm hazegray.org: USS ''Newport'']
*[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pf27.htm hazegray.org: USS ''Newport'']
* {{cite web| title = The Naval Database: JMSDF Kusu class patrol frigate (PF293) Kaede | url = http://hush.gooside.com/name/k/Ka/kaede.html#anchor491522 | language=Japanese | ref = {{SfnRef|The Naval Database}} | accessdate = 2014-09-22 }}
* {{cite web| title = The Naval Database: JMSDF Kusu class patrol frigate (PF293) Kaede | url = http://hush.gooside.com/name/k/Ka/kaede.html#anchor491522 | language=ja | ref = {{SfnRef|The Naval Database}} | access-date = 2014-09-22 }}


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Latest revision as of 10:21, 6 March 2024

For other ships with the same name, see USS Newport.

History
Vereinigte Staaten
NameNewport
NamesakeCity of Newport, Rhode Island
ReclassifiedPF-27, 15 April 1943
BuilderWalter Butler Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin
Yard number24
Laid down8 June 1943
Launched15 August 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Nicholas Brown
Commissioned8 September 1944
Decommissioned4 September 1945[1]
FateTransferred to Soviet Navy, 4 September 1945[1]
AcquiredReturned by Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949
Recommissioned27 July 1950
Decommissioned30 April 1952
FateTransferred to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1 October 1953
Stricken1 December 1961
AcquiredReturned by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 20 May 1975
FateFinal disposition unknown
Soviet Union
NameEK-28[3]
Acquired4 September 1945[1]
Commissioned4 September 1945[2]
FateReturned to United States, 14 November 1949
Japan
NameJDS Kaede (PF-293)
Acquired1 October 1953
ReclassifiedPF-293, 1 September 1957
RenamedYAC-17, 31 March 1966
ReclassifiedAuxiliary stock craft (YAC), 31 March 1966
Decommissioned31 March 1972
FateReturned to United States, 20 May 1975
General characteristics
Class and typeTacoma-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light
  • 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
Length303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement190
Armament

USS Newport (PF-27), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, and from 1950 to 1952, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Newport, Rhode Island. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-28 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Kaede (PF-13), JDS Kaede (PF-293) and as YAC-17.

Construction and commissioning

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Originally classified as a patrol gunboat, PG-135, Newport was reclassified as a patrol frigate, PF-46, on 15 April 1943. She was laid down by the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company in Superior, Wisconsin, on 8 June 1943, and launched on 15 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Nicholas Brown. She was commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 8 September 1944.

Service history

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U.S. Navy, World War II, 1944-1945

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After shakedown at Bermuda, Newport proceeded from New York, New York, to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, on escort duty, returning on 24 February 1945 to Tompkinsville on Staten Island, New York, her home port for exercises and patrol off the United States East Coast until 9 July 1945.

Earmarked for transfer to the Soviet Navy in Project Hula, a secret program for the transfer of U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy in anticipation of the Soviet Union joining the war against Japan, Newport steamed via the Panama Canal and Seattle, Washington, to Cold Bay in the Territory of Alaska to train her new Soviet crew.[4]

Soviet Navy, 1945–1949

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Following the completion of training for her Soviet crew, Newport was decommissioned on 4 September 1945[1] at Cold Bay and transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease immediately[1] along with her sister ships USS Gloucester (PF-22), USS Bath (PF-55), and USS Evansville (PF-70), the last of 28 patrol frigates transferred to the Soviet Navy in Project Hula. Commissioned into the Soviet Navy immediately,[2] Newport was designated as a storozhevoi korabl ("escort ship") and renamed EK-28[3] in Soviet service.[5]

On 5 September 1945, all ship transfers to the Soviet Union were ordered stopped, although training for ships already transferred was allowed to continue. Accordingly, EK-28 remained at Cold Bay along with EK-26 (ex-Gloucester), EK-29 (ex-Bath), and EK-30 (ex-Evanvsille) for additional shakedown and training until 17 September 1945, when all four ships departed in company bound for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Soviet Union, the last four of the 149 Project Hula ships to do so. Too late for World War II service with the Soviet Navy, EK-28 served as a patrol vessel in the Soviet Far East.[6]

In February 1946, the United States began negotiations for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Union for use during World War II. On 8 May 1947, United States Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal informed the United States Department of State that the United States Department of the Navy wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned, EK-28 among them. Negotiations for the return of the ships were protracted, but on 14 November 1949 the Soviet Union finally returned EK-28 to the U.S. Navy at Yokosuka, Japan.[7]

U.S. Navy, Korean War, 1950–1953

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Reverting to her original name, Newport lay idle in the Pacific Reserve Fleet until recommissioned on 27 July 1950 for service in the Korean War. Lieutenant Commander P.A. Lilly became her recommissioning Commanding Officer. She patrolled off Inchon, Korea, from 15 to 26 September 1950, screening United Nations ships during the Inchon landings. Lilly recalled, "The extreme tides made for extreme currents and rip tides. When I went alongside an anchored tanker, I had to keep engines turning to stay alongside until fully moored. After the troops were safely ashore, we (escort ships) made our way back to Japan with the newly empty troop ships."[8]

Newport then was converted for service as a weather ship, and so served on ocean weather stations in the Northwest Pacific Ocean until November 1951, when she took up varied duties off Korea, including screening underway replenishment groups, patrolling, and on 29 December 1951 conducting a shore bombardment at Wonsan. She next operated in the Philippine Islands until decommissioning at Yokosuka on 30 April 1952 and returning to a reserve status.

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 1953–1975

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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Kaede.

Loaned to Japan on 1 October 1953 for service in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the ship was commissioned as JDS Kaede (PF-13) (かえで (PF-13), "maple").[9] The JMSDF reclassified her as PF-293 on 1 September 1957.[9] The U.S. Navy struck her from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register on 1 December 1961, and the United States transferred her to the JMSDF outright on 28 August 1962. Kaede was reclassified as an "auxiliary stock craft" (YAC) and renamed YAC-17 on 31 March 1966,[9] serving thereafter as a non-operational training ship. Decommissioned on 31 March 1972, YAC-17 was returned to U.S. custody on 20 May 1975. Her final disposition is unknown.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Newport II article states that Newport "arrived at Cold Bay to decommission" on 9 September 1945 and hazegray.org Newport repeats this, while NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Newport (PF 27) ex-PG-135 states that she was decommissioned on 9 September 1945 and that she was transferred to the Soviet Union on 10 September 1945, but more recent research in Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 34–35, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, reports that the transfer date was 4 September 1945 at Cold Bay. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994. It should also be noted that the table showing all Project Hula transfers in Russell, p. 39, also gives a transfer date of 9 September 1945, although text in Russell, pp. 34–35, makes clear that Newport and three other patrol frigates were transferred on 4 September 1945 and were the last ships transferred in Project Hula, and that all Project Hula transfers were ordered halted on 5 September 1945. According to Russell, Project Hula ships were decommissioned by the U.S. Navy simultaneously with their transfer to the Soviet Navy – see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of USS Coronado (PF-38), which Russell says typified the transfer process – indicating that Newport's U.S. Navy decommissioning, transfer, and Soviet Navy commissioning all occurred simultaneously on 4 September 1945.
  2. ^ a b According to Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, Project Hula ships were commissioned into the Soviet Navy simultaneously with their transfer from the U.S. Navy; see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various large infantry landing craft (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of USS Coronado (PF-38), which Russell says typified the transfer process. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.
  3. ^ a b NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Newport (PF 27) ex-PG-135[permanent dead link] claims that Newport was named EK-27 in Soviet service, but Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the Cold War, reports that the ship's Soviet name was EK-28. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.
  4. ^ Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, p. 35.
  5. ^ Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 35, 39.
  6. ^ Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 34, 35, 39.
  7. ^ Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, ISBN 0-945274-35-1, pp. 37–38, 39.
  8. ^ "A Sailor's Life", memoirs of Capt. P.A. "Tony" Lilly, USN (ret).
  9. ^ a b c The Naval Database.
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