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Entry: 81551 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	ABOARD FOR COMMISIONING IN 1950
DONALD BOONE wrote on December 30, 2011 City and State: GLENEDEN BEACH OR Unit: ENGINEERING Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN Comments: I was aboard the Glouchester when she was returned to the USN from Russia. We put her back in commion in Yokosuka Japan. We actually spent more time in the repair yard than we did at sea. I thought it was great duty and have many fond memories. Because of the shelling in Korea, where we took a hit, those aboard were presented with a special medal. If I remeber correctly it was given by the then President of South Korea. When we returned from Korean waters we went to Sasebo Japan. As we entered the Sasebo harbor, every ship had their crews standing topside in dress whites saluting as as we passed by in parade. Keywords: Original re-commissioning crew

Entry: 78008 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	SAIGON TRIP FILM FROM 1952
KELLY NIGRO wrote on February 26, 2011 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: OTHER Comments: Found this film footage on-line from the Saigon trip the USS Gloucester made in May of 1952. http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675071171_USS-Gloucester_sailors-sitting_Majestic-Hotel_ships-at-river_Saigon-harbor 40mm gun training film from the USS Gloucester. http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675071172_USS-Gloucester_training-program_trainees-fire-40-mm-gun_three-inch-fifty-caliber-gun Keywords: Saigon USS Gloucester PF-22

Entry: 74167 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	FRIGATES AND LEND-LEASE
THOMAS E. (T.E.) MOORE wrote on March 31, 2010 City and State: ESTERO FL Unit: Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN Comments: IT CAME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THE "YALTA CONFERENCE", OF FEB.,1945. THE USA GAINED SOVIET PROMISE OF ENTRY INTO THE PACIFIC WAR, ONCE GERMANY WAS DEFEATED, BY PLEDGING MILITARY GOODS, AND SUPPORT OF RUSSIAN ACQUISITION OF THE JAPANESE KURILE ISLANDS, THAT ENCLOSED THE SEA OF OKHOTSK. THUS US NAVY DETACHMENT 3294, KNOWN AS "PROJECT HULA" WAS BORN. RAPID PREPARATION OF COLD BAY, NEAR THE TIP OF THE ALASKAN PENINSULA WAS UNDERWAY IN MARCH, AS THE SECRET EXCHANGE BASE. CAPTAIN WILLIAM MAXWELL,USN, IN COMMAND. COLD BAY WAS SAFE FROM PRYING EYES, SINCE NO ONE REMEMBERS HAVING SEEN THE SUN BREAK THROUGH THE LOW OVERCAST. 15,000 RUSSIAN NAVAL PERSONAL PASSED THROUGH COLD BAY, TRAINED TO OPERATE A VARIETY OF US NAVY TRANSFER VESSELS. FROM MAY TO SEPT.,1945, 149 US NAVY VESSELS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE USSR. 28 PATROL FRIGATES, AND NUMEROUS MINESWEEPERS, LCI(L)S, SUBCHASERS, AND FOUR FLOATING WORKSHOPS. THE TACOMA- CLASS FRIGATES REPRESENTED THE MOST VALUABLE VESSELS TRANSFERED. THE NEW RUSSIAN UNITS DEPARTED IN GROUPS FOR PETROPOVLOVSK ON KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, FOR ASSIGNMENT TO THE SOVIET FAR EAST FLEET. THE PROJECT ENDED ON 05,SEPT.,1945. THE 28 FRIGATES LOANED TO THE USSR IN 1945, WERE RETURNED TO THE US NAVY AT YOKOSUKA,JAPAN IN THE FALL OF 1949, MINUS THE USS BELFAST-PF-35, WHO WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. THE 28 PF'S WERE; 25-34-35-36-37-38-39-52-53-54-3-4-5-6-7-8- 45-47-48-49-50-51-21-(22)-26-27-55-70.--------------- "TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL NAVY"---1943-RETURNED-1946. PF'S 72-73-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-87- 88-89-90-91-92.--------------------------------------"TRANSFERRED TO IRAN"--PF'S-103-104-105-106.--------- "TRANSFERRED TO THAILAND--PF'S-107-108.-------------- (ROYAL NAVY PF'S CLAIMED SIX GERMAN U-BOATS)--------- Keywords:

Entry: 74166 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	USS GLOUCESTER---PF-22
THOMAS E. (T.E.) MOORE wrote on March 31, 2010 City and State: ESTERO FL Unit: Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN Comments: THE 75 COAST GUARD MANNED FRIGATES OF WW-II, WERE THE US NAVY'S FIRST LINE OF COMBAT VESSELS DESIGNATED AS FRIGATES, SINCE THE AGE OF SAIL.-------------------- THE USS GLOUCESTER WAS BUILT BY THE WALTER BULLER SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, SUPERIOR,WI, AS PATROL GUNBOAT, PG-130. IN APRIL,1943, SHE WAS RECLASSIFIED PATROL FRIGATE-PF-22, AND COMMISSIONED 10,DEC.,1943, A TACOMA-CLASS FRIGATE. DISPLACEMENT 1,430 TONS,LENGTH 303'11",BEAM 37'6",DRAFT 13'8",SPEED 20.3 KTS., COMPLEMENT 190, TWO TWIN 40MM GUN MOUNTS, NINE 20MM GUNS, ONE HEDGEHOG DEPTH CHARGE PROJECTOR, EIGHT Y-GUN DEPTH CHARGE PROJECTORS, TWO DEPTH CHARGE RACKS, PROPULSION; TWO 240 psi-3-DRUM EXPRESS BOILERS, TWO 5,500 ihp VERTICLE TRIPLE EXPANSION J.HENDY IRON WORKS ENGINES, TWO SHAFTS. MANNED BY US COAST GUARD, FOLLOWING SHAKEDOWN, THE SHIP WAS EMPLOYED IN TRAINING FRIGATE CREWS AT GALVESTON,TX. ON 16,JUNE, 1944, SHE WAS ATTACHED TO ESCORT DIVISION 38, AND WAS LATER ORDERED TO THE ALASKAN SEA FRONTER FOR TRANSFER TO RUSSIA, UNDER LEND-LEASE LEGISLATION. DECOMMISSIONED 3,SEPT.,1945, WAS RENAMED EK-26 BY THE SOVIETS. RETURNED FROM THE SOVIET NAVY 31,OCT.,1949, AT YOKOSUKA,JAPAN. RECOMMISSIONED 11,OCT.,1950, WITH A US NAVY CREW, THE USS GLOUCESTER-PF-22, WENT TO KOREA ON 27,NOV.,1950, AND DID WARFARE DUTIES IN 1950, 1951,1952. TAKING A DIRECT HIT FROM ENEMY SHORE BATTERIES ON 11,NOV.,1951, THAT KILLED ONE CREWMAN, AND WOUNDED 11 OTHERS. THE SHIP WAS DECOMMISSIONED AT YOKOSUKA,JAPAN ON 15,SEPT.,1952. WAS LOANED TO JAPAN ON 01,OCT.,1953, AND WAS STRUCK FROM THE US NAVY REGISTER ON 01,DEC.,1961. TRANSFERRED TO JAPAN IN MARCH,1962, WHERE SHE SERVED AS TSUGE(PF-292). DECOMMISSIONED 31,MARCH,1968, THE SHIP WAS RETURNED TO USN CUSTODY ON 31,MARCH,1969. FATE OF THE SHIP IS UNKNOWN.---------------------------- Keywords:

Entry: 68673 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	LOUIS NARANJO JARAMILLO MEMORIAL
KELLY NIGRO wrote on January 14, 2009 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: FRIEND OF VETERAN Comments: Created the following memorial to Louis Jaramillo who was killed on the USS Gloucester on November 11, 1951. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr and GSmid=47077034 and GRid=32180488 and Or go to www.findagrave.com and search for Louis Naranjo Jaramillo in New Mexico. Keywords: Louis Naranjo Jaramillo KIA

Entry: 65697 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	USS GLOUCESTER
KATHEEN DALY-VAN DEN AKKER wrote on May 21, 2008 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: Keywords: Looking for anyone who knew my dad, Don Daly, who served on the Gloucester.

Entry: 49385 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	LOOKING FOR SHIP'S PATCH
ARON JORDAN wrote on March 6, 2005 City and State: CAROL STREAM IL Unit: USS NORMANDY (CG-60) Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: My Grandfather was on USS Glouster durring Korea. I would like to obtain a USS Glouster Patch for my son's flight jacket. Please contact me with any information that you may have on obtaining one. Thank You. Aron Jordan, USN Keywords:

Entry: 49342 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	FINDING SHIPMATES
EARL (HARRY) WILSON wrote on March 4, 2005 City and State: CHASSELL MI Unit: USS GLOUCHESTER-PF 22 Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: I would like find these two men. I served with them on the Glouchester,In Korea, 1952-3. I was a corpsman striker under 1st class corpsman Greene. I was transferred so fast while in the Phillipines I didn't get to say goodbyes. I sure would like to make contact again. I believv Christian hailed from Minn. and Tom Yates was from the East coast somewhere. Can any one help? Keywords: Harry Christian, Tom Yates

Entry: 49338 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	USS GLOUCESTER PF-22
JAMES E. (JIM) WILBURN wrote on March 4, 2005 City and State: TULSA OK Unit: SHIPS OFFICE - USS GLOUCESTER PF-22 Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: Keywords:

Entry: 45663 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	AUGUST 1951 TO SEPTEMBER 1952
FRANK STAMOS wrote on September 7, 2004 City and State: LODI CA Unit: ENGINE ROOM Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: I boarded the USS Gloucester in Sasebo, Japan in August of 1951, I was an MMFA and a 19 yr old kid just out of boot camp. I was a loader on one of the twin 20mm's the day Gerimia was killed in the rear gun tub and so many were wounded, one guy was put in my bunk, I remember it was a Sunday off the coast of Kojo. I think those aboard will remember me as I was the guy that had the ruptured apendix and the rough seas prevented my transfer to a larger ship so we steamed back to Sasebo....hey guys because of that all of you got to celebrate New Years of 1952 in Sasebo. Keywords: Nicknamed "Greek"

Entry: 44456 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	GLOUCESTER CREWMAN
DON GORDON wrote on July 13, 2004 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: I was aboard Gloucester from April 30, 1952 until its decommissioning in Sept. 1952. I was a deck hand at first and then worked in CIC as a radarman. I would enjoy hearing from any of the shipmates who might remember me. Keywords: Gloucester

Entry: 41762 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	LOST GRANDFATHER
JOLENE PEAKE wrote on March 15, 2004 City and State: TE KAHA OP Unit: Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: I am looking for my grandfather our any family member for eugene frank peake who served in the world war 2 he would be about 80-83 years old today we no he had a sister called margaret or charlotte macquistren . He visted new zealand between 1939-1945. HE has a son and his name is barry frank eugene peake who was born in auckland new zealand and Iam his daugther jolene our family would avery interested in infomation about him . Keywords: uss glouschester pf22 frigate

Entry: 29604 USS GLOUCESTER (PF-22)	LOOKING FOR VETERANS
JACOB DASE wrote on November 15, 2002 City and State: MI Unit: Service or Relationship: FRIEND OF VETERAN Comments: I am looking for people who served on board for a friend during the Korean war. If you could help i would very much appreciate it. Jacob Keywords: USS Gloucester PF-22 during Korean War

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