USSGlendale (PF-36), left, with hersister shipUSS Gallup (PF-47) on 29 October 1951, during the ceremony for their transfer to theRoyal Thai Navy.
History
United States
Name	Glendale
Namesake	City ofGlendale, California
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation,Wilmington, California
Laid down	6 April 1943
Identification	PG-144 PF-36 (15 April 1943)
Launched	28 May 1943
Sponsored by	Miss Shirley Schlichtman
Commissioned	1 October 1943
Decommissioned	12 July 1945
Honors and awards	5 ×battle stars,World War II
Fate	Transferred to theSoviet Union, 12 July 1945
Acquired	Returned by Soviet Union, 16 November 1949
Recommissioned	11 October 1950
Decommissioned	29 October 1951
Honors and awards	4 × battle stars,Korean War Korean Presidential Unit Citation
Fate	Transferred to theRoyal Thai Navy, 29 October 1951
Stricken	20 November 1951
Soviet Union
Name	EK-6
Acquired	12 July 1945
Commissioned	12 July 1945
Fate	Returned to United States, 16 November 1949
Thailand
Name	Tachin
Namesake	Tha Chin River
Acquired	29 October 1951
Decommissioned	22 June 2000
Identification	PF-1; later reclassified PF-411
Fate	Preserved
Status	On display as a memorial at theArmed Forces Academies Preparatory School,Nakhon Nayok,Thailand, since 9 July 2001
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-classfrigate
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
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	2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines 3 boilers 2 shafts
Speed	20knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 ×3"/50 dual purpose guns (3x1) 4 x40 mm guns (2×2) 9 ×20 mm guns (9×1) 1 ×Hedgehoganti-submarine mortar 8 ×Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge tracks

USSGlendale (PF-36), aTacoma-classpatrol frigate, is the only ship of theUnited States Navy to be named forGlendale,California. In commission in the US Navy from 1943 to 1945, and from 1950 to 1951, she also served in theSoviet Navy asEK-6 from 1945 to 1949 and in theRoyal Thai Navy asTachin (PF-1) from 1951 to 2000.

Originally classified as a patrolgunboat,PG-144,Glendale was reclassified as apatrol frigate, PF-36, on 15 April 1943. She waslaunched on 28 May 1943, at theConsolidated Steel Corporation shipyard inLos Angeles, California, sponsored by Miss Shirley Schlichtman andcommissioned on 1 October 1943.

Followingshakedown offSouthern California,Glendale departedSan Diego, California, on 12 January 1944 and reachedCairns,Australia, on 17 February 1944. Until late 1944, she served as ananti-submarine andanti-aircraftescort ship based inNew Guinea, protecting arriving and departingmerchant ships.

In September 1944,Glendale took part in the assault onMorotai Island, departingHumboldt Bay,New Guinea, on 14 September 1944 to escort merchant ships to the island. She returned to Humboldt Bay on 24 September 1944 to continue escort assignments between New Guinea and thePhilippine Islands.

On 5 December 1944,Glendale was escorting aconvoy fromHollandia toLeyte in the Philippines when attacking Japaneseaircraft sank SSAntoine Saugrain, acargo ship laden with valuableradar materiel, and severely damaged the merchant shipSS Marcus Daly.Glendale brought the rest of the convoy safely into Leyte the next day.

Glendale departed Leyte on 8 December 1944 bound for theAtlantic Ocean and moored atBoston,Massachusetts, on 24 January 1945.

Afteroverhaul,Glendale got underway fromCasco Bay, Maine, on 28 March 1945 as part of Escort Division 25 – which also included hersister shipsLong Beach (theflagship),Belfast,San Pedro,Coronado, andOgden – bound forSeattle,Washington, via thePanama Canal. The six patrol frigates arrived at Seattle on 26 April 1945. They got underway again forKodiak in theTerritory of Alaska on 7 June 1945.Ogden had to return to Seattle for repairs, butBelfast and the other four frigates arrived atWomens Bay, Kodiak, on 11 June 1945.^[1]

On 13 June 1945,Glendale,Long Beach,Belfast,San Pedro,Coronado, and their sister shipsCharlottesville,Allentown,Machias, andSandusky got underway from Kodiak forCold Bay, Alaska, where they arrived on 14 June 1945 to participate inProject Hula, a secret program for the transfer of U.S. Navy ships to theSoviet Navy in anticipation of theSoviet Union joining the war against Japan. Training ofGlendale's new Soviet Navy crew soon began at Cold Bay.^[2]

Glendale wasdecommissioned on 12 July 1945 at Cold Bay and transferred to the Soviet Union underLend-Lease immediately along with nine of her sister ships. This was the first group of patrol frigates transferred to the Soviet Navy. When hercommanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Ambrose Simko, handedGlendale over to the Soviet Navy, he as well as thecommanding officers of the other nine transferred patrol frigates received customdaggers made for each of them as gifts from the Soviets. Commissioned into the Soviet Navy immediately,Glendale was designated as astorozhevoi korabl ("escort ship") and renamedEK-6 in Soviet service. On 15 July 1945,EK-6 departed Cold Bay in company with nine of her sister ships –EK-1 (ex-Charlottesville),EK-2 (ex-Long Beach),EK-3 (ex-Belfast),EK-4 (ex-Machias),EK-5 (ex-San Pedro),EK-7 (ex-Sandusky),EK-8 (ex-Coronado),EK-9 (ex-Allentown), andEK-10 (ex-Ogden) – bound forPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Soviet Union.EK-6 served as a patrol vessel in theSoviet Far East.^[3]

In February 1946, the United States began negotiations with the Soviet Union for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Navy for use during World War II. On 8 May 1947,United States Secretary of the NavyJames V. Forrestal informed theUnited States Department of State that theUnited 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-6 among them. Negotiations for the return of the ships was protracted, but on 16 November 1949 the Soviet Union finally returnedEK-6 to the U.S. Navy atYokosuka, Japan.^[4]

Reverting to her old name.Glendale was recommissioned into the U.S. Navy on 11 October 1950 for service in theKorean War. In December 1950, the ship patrolled offHungnam,Pusan, andInchon,Korea, in support ofUnited Nations forces fighting ashore. On 29 October 1951, she was decommissioned again and transferred along with her sister shipUSS Gallup (PF-47) to the Government ofThailand. The U.S. Navy struckGlendale from theNavy List on 20 November 1951.

The ship served in theRoyal Thai Navy asHTMSTachin (PF-1), later reclassifiedPF-411. She was decommissioned on 22 June 2000 atSattahip Naval Base.

Dismantled and transported by truck to theArmed Forces Academies Preparatory School inNakhon Nayok Province, Thailand,Tachin was re-assembled and has been on display there since 9 July 2001 with all her original armament intact.

The U.S. Navy awardedGlendale fivebattle stars for herWorld War II service and four battle stars for herKorean War service. She also received theKorean Presidential Unit Citation for her actions during the Korean War.

 This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.

• Photo gallery of USSGlendale at NavSource Naval History
• hazegray.org: USSGlendale

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