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Photo # NH 103335:  USS Sausalito in dry dock, circa 1952

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USS Sausalito (PF-4), 1944-1952

USS Sausalito, a 1430-ton Tacoma class frigate built at Richmond, California, was commissioned in March 1944 with a U.S. Coast Guard crew. She went to Alaskan waters in October 1944 for convoy escort service, remaining there until June 1945, when she returned to the "Lower 48" for an overhaul. In August of that year, Sausalito was leased to the Soviet Union, in whose navy she served as EK-13.

Sausalito was returned to United States custody in November 1949. Placed in reserve in Japan, she was recommissioned in September 1950 for Korean War service. She was harbor control frigate at Hungnam, North Korea, during the evacuation of that port in December 1950. In first half of 1951 she performed a variety of escort, blockade, patrol, shore bombardment and harbor control duties along the Korean coast. Sausalito was sent to the Philippines area in October 1951 and patrolled in the western Caroline Islands during the last part of the year. Following a good-will tour of Southeast Asian ports, she again took up station along the Korean coast in February 1952. Decommissioned in June 1952, Sausalito was transferred to the Republic of Korea the following September. She was renamed Imchin and served as a unit of the ROK Navy for over twenty years thereafter.

This page features, or provides links to, all the views we have concerning USS Sausalito (PF-4).

For other images related to this ship, see our presentation on the Republic of Korea Navy ship Imchin.
Note: In these photographs of Imchin, the ship's bow number is "66", not "4" as it was when she was in U.S. Navy service.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: NH 103335

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

Bow view, taken while she was drydocked while being prepared for transfer to the Republic of Korea, circa 1952.
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of the ship's crew.
Location is probably Yokosuka, Japan.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 45KB; 490 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103334

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

Stern view, taken while she was drydocked while being prepared for transfer to the Republic of Korea, circa 1952.
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of the ship's crew.
Location is probably Yokosuka, Japan.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 63KB; 490 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105403

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

Japanese "hard-hat" diver coming up from the bottom of the dry dock after ensuring that the ship is settling correctly on the keel blocks, circa 1952. Location is probably Yokosuka, Japan.
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 62KB; 740 x 505 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103336

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

View looking forward from the ship's port bridge wing, circa 1952. Probably taken at Yokosuka, Japan
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew.
Note the ship's # 2 3"/50 gun mount, with a training limit framework around it to prevent firing into the ship's own structure. A floater net bin is in the lower left.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103337

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

View looking aft from the ship's signal bridge, circa 1952. Probably taken at Yokosuka, Japan
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew.
Note Sausalito's smokestack, signal flag bag and radio-direction finding loop.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103338

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

View looking aft from the ship's port bridge wing, circa 1952. Probably taken at Yokosuka, Japan
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew.
A U.S. Navy submarine is visible in the middle distance.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 550 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103339

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

Single 40mm gun mount firing, while the ship was training Korean Naval personnel in preparation for her transfer to the Republic of Korea, circa 1952.
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew.
Note the training limit framework around the gun mount, used to prevent firing into the ship's own structure.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 505 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103349-KN (color)

USS Sausalito (PF-4)

Ship's starboard 40mm gun mount firing, during training operations in the Far East, circa 1951-1952.
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew. The original media was a 35mm Kodachrome color transparency.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105406-KN (color)

James Edward Taylor

Standing by the signal lamp station on the bridge of his ship, probably USS Sausalito (PF-4), circa 1951-1952.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 44KB; 480 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105405

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

James E. Taylor (right center) and another Sailor on board the ship in April 1952.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 41KB; 740 x 520 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105400

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

Four crew members in the ship's starboard signal station, circa 1952. James Edward Taylor is second from the left. The others are identified on the original print as Allgood, Harbour, and Jensen.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 68KB; 740 x 510 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105401

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

Four crew members in the ship's starboard signal station, circa 1952. They are identified on the original print as Allgood, Harbour, Buckner and Jensen.
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 61KB; 740 x 510 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105402

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

Three crew members in one of the ship's 20mm gun tubs, circa 1952. These men are identified on the original print as Harbour, Sauber and Ramsey.
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 48KB; 740 x 495 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105404

USS Sausalito
(PF-4)

A PBM "Mariner" patrol plane flies above the ship's mast, during operations in the Japan-Korea area, circa 1952.
Photographed by James Edward Taylor, who was then a member of Sausalito's crew.

Collection of James Edward Taylor. Courtesy of his wife, Mary A. Taylor, 2007.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 62KB; 740 x 565 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Sausalito (PF-4). The following list features this image:

The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-386656
    USS Sausalito (PF-4) entering the floading drydock ARD-5 at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 10 October 1944.
    Bow-on view of the ship, seen from the port wing wall of the drydock. Mountains are visible in the background on what appears to have been a very overcast day.


    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed above is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".

  • For other images related to this ship, see our presentation on the Republic of Korea Navy ship Imchin.
    Note: In these photographs of Imchin, the ship's bow number is "66", not "4" as it was when she was in U.S. Navy service.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 22 September 2000
    New images added 12 May 2008