USS Allentown (PF-52) [SEP] vessel class
USS Allentown
USS "Allentown" (PF-52), a United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1945, has thus far been the only U.S. Navy ship to be named for Allentown, Pennsylvania. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-9 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS "Ume" (PF-9), JDS "Ume" (PF-289) and as YAC-14.
Construction and commissioning.
"Allentown" was laid down on 23 March 1943, at the Froemming Brothers, Inc.
Japanese ship Ume
Several ships have been named :
- , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I
- , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
- JDS "Ume" (PF-289), a "Kusu"-class patrol frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS "Allentown" (PF-52)
See also.
- Ume (disambiguation)