USS Charlottesville

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Launched:	30 July 1943
Commissioned:	10 April 1944
Decommissioned:	12 July 1945
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General characteristics
Displacement:	1,430 tons (light), 2,415 tons (full)
Length:	303 ft 11 in (92.6 m)
Beam:	37 ft 6 in (11.4 m)
Draft:	13 ft 8 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion:	Three boilers 2 × 5,500 SHP turbines two shafts
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h)
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Complement:	190
Armament:	3 × 3 in/50 AA guns (3x1) 4 × 40mm guns (2x2) 9 × 20mm (9x1) 1 × Hedgehog projector 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge racks
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USS Charlottesville (PF-25), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Charlottesville, Virginia.

Charlottesville (PF-25) was launched on 30 July 1943 by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company in Superior, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Gleason, wife of the mayor of Charlottesville; and commissioned on 10 April 1944, with Lieutenant W. F. Cass, USCG, in command.

Departing New York City on 18 August 1944, Charlottesville arrived at Finschhafen, New Guinea, on 29 September by way of Bora Bora in the Society Islands. She operated on convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol duty between New Guinea and the Philippines until 6 March 1945 when she departed Leyte for Seattle, Washington, arriving there on 15 June.

Following the training of Russian personnel in the operation of the ship, Charlottesville was decommissioned on 12 July 1945 and transferred to USSR the next day under lend-lease. Returned to United States custody on 17 October 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan, Charlottesville was lent to Japan on 14 January 1953 and renamed Matsu.

Charlottesville received two battle stars for service in World War II.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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