USS Charlottesville (PF-25) [SEP] vessel class
USS Charlottesville (PF-25)
USS "Charlottesville" (PF-25), a United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1945, has been the only US Navy ship thus far to be named for Charlottesville, Virginia. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-1 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS "Matsu" (PF-6), JDS "Matsu" (PF-286) and YAS-36.
Construction and commissioning.
Originally classified as a patrol gunboat, PG-133, "Charlottesville" was reclassified as
Japanese ship Matsu
Several ships have been named :
- , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I
- , the lead ship of her class during World War II
- , a class of destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy
- , a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy, code-named "Matsu"
- JDS "Matsu" (PF-286), a "Kusu"-class patrol frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS "Charlottesville" (PF-25)
See