USS Muskogee

History
United States
Name	Muskogee
Namesake	City of Muskogee, Oklahoma
Reclassified	PF-49, 15 April 1943
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California
Yard number	534
Laid down	18 September 1943
Launched	18 October 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. S. B. Hudson
Commissioned	16 March 1944
Decommissioned	26 August 1945
Honors and; awards	1 battle star, World War II
Fate	Transferred to Soviet Navy, 26 August 1945
Acquired	Returned by Soviet Navy, 1 November 1949
Fate	Transferred to Republic of Korea Navy, 23 October 1950
Stricken	15 September 1972
Soviet Union
Name	EK-19
Acquired	26 August 1945
Commissioned	26 August 1945
Fate	Returned to United States, 1 November 1949
South Korea
Name	Duman
Acquired	23 October 1950
Fate	unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light; 2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full;
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines; 3 boilers; 2 shafts;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × 3"/50 dual purpose guns (3x1); 4 x 40 mm guns (2×2); 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1); 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors; 2 × Depth charge tracks;

USS Muskogee (PF-49), a Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945, thus far has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Muskogee, Oklahoma. She later served in the Soviet Navy as EK-19 and in the Republic of Korea Navy as ROKS Dumon (PF-61).

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