USS Gloucester (PF-22), a , was the second ship of the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 to be named for Gloucester, Massachusetts

Gloucester, Massachusetts

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The second Gloucester (PF-22), originally classified PG-130, was launched on 12 July 1943 at the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company in Superior, Wisconsin

Superior, Wisconsin

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, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. Emily K. Ross; acquired and simultaneously commissioned on 10 December 1943.

World War II, 1943-1945

Following shakedown

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, Gloucester was employed in training frigate crews at Galveston, Texas

Galveston, Texas

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. On 16 June 1944 she was attached to Escort Division 38, and was later ordered to the Alaskan Sea Frontier for transfer to Russia

Russia

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 under lend-lease

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 legislation.

Soviet Navy, 1945–1949

Leased to the Soviet Union

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 on 4 September 1945 and renamed EK-26, she served as a patrol vessel in the Far East

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. Gloucester was returned to the United States at Yokosuka, Japan, on 31 October 1949.

Korean War, 1950–1952

Recommissioned on 11 October 1950, she sailed from Yokosuka on 27 November 1950 for Korea

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 and conducted patrol

Patrol

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 and anti-submarine warfare duties at Wonsan

Wonsan

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, Pusan, Inchon, and Kusan until returning to Yokosuka on 21 January 1951. Gloucester subsequently engaged in patrol and escort duties at Wonsan and saw combat on 18 June 1951, when with other ships, she blasted gun emplacements at Wonsan. She continued her duties in Korean waters through the fall of 1951. On 11 November 1951 while cruising off Kojo

Kojo

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 in a duel with shore batteries, Gloucester took a direct hit that killed Storekeeper Third Class Louis Jaramillo and wounded 11 others. Following repairs at Japan, she returned to Korean waters to continue effective support of U.N.

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 forces ashore. Arriving at Yokosuka on 5 September 1952, she decommissioned there on 15 September 1952.

Japanese Navy, 1953–1969

Gloucester was loaned to Japan on 1 October 1953, struck from the Navy List

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on 1 December 1961, and transferred to Japan in March 1962 where she served as Tsuge (PF-292). Decommissioned on 31 March 1968, the ship was returned to US custody on 31 March 1969. Fate unknown.

External links

• Find a Grave: Louis Jaramillo