USS Machias, a 1430-ton Tacoma class frigate built at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was placed in commission in late March 1944. She performed patrol and convoy escort duties in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas during July and August of that year, then went through the Panama Canal to begin similar work in the south Pacific. In July 1945, following an overhaul on the West Coast, Machias was transferred to the Soviet Navy, in whose service she was named EK-9. Machias was returned to the U.S. Navy in October 1949 and placed in reserve at Yokosuka, Japan. She was loaned to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in January 1953. Renamed Nara, she was in commission until March 1966, with Japan assuming formal ownership in August 1962. The ship was sold for scrapping in 1969, following three years as a dockside training vessel.
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Page made 7 September 2004