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{{short description|Tacoma-class patrol frigate}}
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|Ship image= USS Gallup (PF-47).jpg
|Ship caption= USS ''Gallup'' (PF-47) at [[San Pedro, California|San Pedro]], California, on 30 May 1944. The US Navy [[Bureau of Ships]] conceived the [[ship camouflage|camouflage]] scheme of dull black, ocean gray, light gray, and deck blue in which she is painted specifically for her.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, p. 25.</ref>
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1951}}
|Ship name= ''Gallup''
|Ship namesake=City of [[Gallup, New Mexico|Gallup]], New Mexico
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|Ship builder=[[Consolidated Steel Corporation]], [[Wilmington, Los Angeles]]
|Ship yard number=532
|Ship laid down=18 August 1943
|Ship launched=17 September 1943
|Ship sponsor=Ensign Helen McMahon, [[NNRC]]
|Ship commissioned=29 February 1944
|Ship decommissioned=26 August 1945
|Ship identification=*PG-155
*PF-47 (15 April 1943)
|Ship honors=2 [[battle star]]s, [[World War II]]
|Ship fate=Transferred to [[Soviet Navy]] 26 August 1945<ref name="transfer date">The [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/g/gallup-i.html ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' ''Gallup'' I] article states that ''Gallup'' was transferred on 27 August 1945 and [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pf47.htm hazegray.org ''Gallup''] and [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/080047.htm NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Gallup (PF 47) ex-PG-155] repeat this. However, Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the [[Cold War]], also reports that the transfer date was 26 August 1945. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, ''Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels'' Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., ''Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik'' ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.</ref>
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|Ship acquired=Returned by Soviet Navy, 14 November 1949
|Ship recommissioned=18 October 1950
|Ship decommissioned=29 October 1951
|Ship honors=3 battle stars, [[Korean War]]
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|Ship fate=Transferred to [[Royal Thai Navy]], 29 October 1951
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|Ship country=Soviet Union
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval-1935}}
|Ship name= ''EK-22''<ref name="Soviet name">The [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/g/gallup-i.html ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' ''Gallup'' I] article states that ''Gallup'' was named ''EK-19'' in Soviet service and [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pf47.htm hazegray.org ''Gallup''] and [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/080047.htm NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive Gallup (PF 47) ex-PG-155] repeat this, but Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, p. 39, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the [[Cold War]], reports that the ship's Soviet name was ''EK-22''. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, ''Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels'' Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., ''Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik'' ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.</ref>
|Ship acquired=26 August 1945<ref name="transfer date" />
|Ship commissioned=26 August 1945<ref name="Soviet commissioning date">According to Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, which includes access to Soviet-era records unavailable during the [[Cold War]], Project Hula ships were commissioned into the Soviet Navy simultaneously with their transfer from the U.S. Navy; see photo captions on p. 24 regarding the transfers of various [[large infantry landing craft]] (LCI(L)s) and information on p. 27 about the transfer of {{USS|Coronado|PF-38}}, which Russell says typified the transfer process. As sources, Russell cites Department of the Navy, ''Ships Data: U.S. Naval Vessels'' Volume II, 1 January 1949, (NAVSHIPS 250-012), Washington, DC: Bureau of Ships, 1949; and Berezhnoi, S. S., ''Flot SSSR: Korabli i suda lendliza: Spravochnik'' ("The Soviet Navy: Lend-Lease Ships and Vessels: A Reference"), St. Petersburg, Russia: Belen, 1994.</ref>
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|Ship fate=Returned to United States, 14 November 1949
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|Ship country=Thailand
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Thailand|naval}}
|Ship name=''Prasae''
|Ship namesake=[[Prasae River]]
|Ship acquired=29 October 1951
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|Ship reclassified=PF-412
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|Ship decommissioned=22 June 2000
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|Ship fate= Preserved
|Ship identification=PF 2
|Ship status=On display as a memorial at the Prasae River, [[Rayong Province]], since 27 December 2003
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Tacoma|frigate}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1430|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light
*{{convert|2415|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full
|Ship length= {{convert|303|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 × {{convert|5500|shp|0|abbr=on}} turbines
*3 boilers
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|Ship speed= {{convert|20|kn|lk=in}}
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|Ship complement=190
|Ship armament=*3 × [[3"/50 caliber gun|3"/50 dual purpose]] guns (3x1)
*4 x [[Bofors 40&nbsp;mm Automatic Gun L/60|40&nbsp;mm guns]] (2×2)
*9 × [[Oerlikon 20&nbsp;mm cannon|20&nbsp;mm guns]] (9×1)
*1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] [[anti-submarine mortar]]
*8 × [[Y-gun]] depth charge projectors
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[[File:USS Glendale and USS Gallup.jpg|thumb|{{center|The {{sclass|Tacoma|frigate|0}} [[patrol frigate]]s {{USS|Glendale|PF-36|2}} (left) and ''Gallup'' during the ceremony for their transfer to the [[Royal Thai Navy]] on 29 October 1951}}]]
[[File:HTMS Prasae Memorial.jpg|thumb|HTMS Prasae (PF 2) Memorial, Pak Nam Krasae, Klaeng District, Rayong, Thailand]]
The second '''USS ''Gallup'' (PF-47)''', a {{sclass|Tacoma|frigate}} in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1951, was the first ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for [[Gallup, New Mexico]]. She also served in the [[Soviet Navy]] as '''''EK-22''''' and in the [[Royal Thai Navy]] as '''HTMS ''Prasae'' (PF 2)'''.

== Construction and commissioning ==
Originally classified as a patrol [[gunboat]], '''PG-155''', ''Gallup'' was reclassified as a [[patrol frigate]], PF-47, on 15 April 1943. She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 17 September 1943 at the [[Consolidated Steel Corporation]] [[shipyard]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], sponsored by [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] Helen McMahon, [[Navy Nurse Reserve Corps|NNRC]], and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 29 February 1944, at [[San Pedro, California|San Pedro]], California.

== Service history ==

=== U.S. Navy, World War II, 1944–1945 ===
Following conversion work at [[Newport Beach, California|Newport Beach]], California, and [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] out of San Pedro and [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], California, ''Gallup'' departed San Diego on 1 June 1944 for the [[Pacific War|Pacific war zone]].  Conducting [[anti-submarine]] patrol en route, she arrived at [[Nouméa]], [[New Caledonia]], on 21 June 1944, and began escort and [[patrol]] duties in the waters of New Caledonia, [[New Guinea]], and [[Australia]] with [[Escort Division 43]]. On 17 August 1944, she bombarded enemy strongholds to support [[Battle of Biak|landings]] on [[Biak Island]] at Blue Beach, north of the [[Wardo River]] by units of the [[United States Army]]{{'}}s [[41st Infantry Division (United States)|41st Infantry Division]]; she continued to fire until the troops had completed their landing and secured the beach. Again, on 25 August 1944, ''Gallup'' lent support to the conquest of Biak by shelling the beaches between [[Menoerar]] and [[Cape Warari]]. After Biak had been secured, she returned to her duties with Escort Division 43 until 12 October 1944.

Departing [[Jayapura|Hollandia]], New Guinea, on 12 October 1944, ''Gallup'' was part of the screen for the task force which mounted the [[Battle of Leyte|invasion]] of [[Leyte Island|Leyte]] in the [[Philippine Islands]]. On 17 October 1944, she shelled the beach area of [[Dinagat Island|Dinagat]], and the next day she swept the channel into [[Leyte Gulf]] as U.S. forces poised for the invasion.  She then began anti-submarine and anti-[[Naval mine|mine]] patrol near Black Beach, screening vessels engaged in [[Amphibious warfare|landing operations]]. Stationed most of the time off [[Desolation Point]], she collected [[tide]] and [[Hydrography|hydrographic]] information, served as [[dispatch boat]] and as escort through the cleared channel in Leyte Gulf, guided incoming ships and [[convoy]]s through the channel, and served as harbor entrance control vessel during landing operations.  She performed these duties, most of the time in gusty, stormy weather, with her [[sister ship]] {{USS|Bisbee|PF-46|2}} and the [[large infantry landing craft]] {{USS|LCI(L)-343||2}} and {{USS|LCI(L)-344||2}}, before being sent on an escort mission to [[Teluk Yos Sudarso|Humboldt Bay]], New Guinea, on 28 November 1944, touching [[San Pedro Bay (Philippines)|San Pedro Bay]] in the Philippines, [[Kossol Roads]] in the [[Palau Islands]], and [[Manus Island|Manus]] in the [[Admiralty Islands]] ''en route''.

On 3 December 1944, ''Gallup'' departed for the [[United States West Coast]], stopping to drop men at [[Seeadler Harbor]] in the Admiralty Islands and at [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Territory of Hawaii]].  She arrived at [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], California, on 25 December 1944.

Departing San Francisco on 9 January 1945, ''Gallup'' steamed via [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], to [[Dutch Harbor, Alaska|Dutch Harbor]], [[Territory of Alaska]], where she arrived on 20 January 1945.  She then patrolled the [[North Pacific Ocean]]. Selected for transfer to the [[Soviet Navy]] in [[Project Hula]] – a secret program for the transfer of U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Navy at [[Cold Bay, Alaska|Cold Bay]], Alaska, in anticipation of the [[Soviet Union]] joining the [[Pacific War|war against Japan]] – ''Gallup'' proceeded to Cold Bay in August 1945 to begin training her new Soviet crew.<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, p. 39.</ref>

=== Soviet Navy, 1945–1949 ===

Following the completion of training for her Soviet crew, ''Gallup'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 26 August 1945 at Cold Bay and transferred to the Soviet Union under [[Lend-Lease]] immediately<ref name="transfer date" /> along with her [[sister ship]]s ''Bisbee'', {{USS|Rockford|PF-48|2}}, {{USS|Muskogee|PF-49|2}}, {{USS|Carson City|PF-50|2}}, and {{USS|Burlington|PF-51|2}}. Commissioned into the Soviet Navy immediately,<ref name="Soviet commissioning date" /> ''Gallup'' was designated as a ''storozhevoi korabl'' ("escort ship") and renamed '''''EK-22'''''<ref name="Soviet name" /> in Soviet service. She soon departed Cold Bay bound for [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]] in the Soviet Union, where she arrived on 5 September 1945, too late to see World War II service with the Soviets. She served as a patrol vessel in the [[Soviet Far East]].<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, pp. 33, 39.</ref>

In February 1946, the United States began negotiations for the return of ships loaned to the Soviet Union for use during World War II. On 8 May 1947, [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] [[James V. Forrestal]] informed the [[United States Department of State]] that the [[United States Department of the Navy]] wanted 480 of the 585 combatant ships it had transferred to the Soviet Union for World War II use returned, ''EK-22'' among them. Negotiations for the return of the ships were protracted, but on 14 November 1949 the Soviet Union finally returned ''EK-22'' to the U.S. Navy at [[United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka|Yokosuka]], [[Japan]].<ref>Russell, Richard A., ''Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan'', Washington, D.C.: [[Naval Historical Center]], 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, pp. 37-38, 39.</ref>

=== U.S. Navy, Korean War, 1950–1951 ===
Reverting to her original name, ''Gallup'' lay idle in the [[Pacific Reserve Fleet]] at Yokosuka until recommissioned on 18 October 1950 for service in the [[Korean War]]. After shakedown off [[Sagami Wan]], Japan, she got under way with ''Bisbee'' on 23 November 1950 for [[Hungnam]], [[Korea]]. There she relieved her sister ship {{USS|Hoquiam|PF-5|2}} as harbor entrance control vessel, escorting ships when directed, guarding the channel against unfriendly ships, preventing friendly vessels from entering [[Naval mine|mined]] areas, and performing [[search and rescue]] services for the many refugees flooding through the area.

On 19 December 1950, ''Gallup'' left for [[Pusan]], where she performed anti-submarine patrol on the approaches to the harbor, before leaving on 31 December 1950 for [[United States Fleet Activities Sasebo|Sasebo]], Japan. On 29 January 1951, she returned to Korea, this time to [[Kansang]] and [[Kosong]] to participate in a feint intended to divert [[Communist]] forces by making them think an amphibious assault was imminent, conducting what was designed to look like a pre-assault bombardment against installations at Kansang and Kosong.

''Gallup'' continued to operate out of Sasebo, making escort, [[patrol]], and guide tours to Pusan, [[Wonsan]], and [[Chongjin]], Korea, and to [[Sangley Point]] and [[Subic Bay]] on [[Luzon]] in the Philippine Islands.  She helped in the bombardment of Wonsan from 23 through 25 February 1951 as [[United Nations]] forces seized the harbor islands, and then served as harbor entrance control vessel and "flycatcher," in the latter role patrolling against enemy small boats, [[combat swimmer]]s, and [[suicide attack]] craft. Returning to Yokosuka on 14 March 1951, she entered [[dry dock]] there for extensive hull repairs. Returning to Korea, she continued similar duty off the Korean coast until she returned to Yokosuka on 6 October 1951.

=== Royal Thai Navy, 1951–2000 ===
''Gallup'' was decommissioned and transferred under the [[Military Defense Assistance Program]] along with her sister ship {{USS|Glendale|PF-36|2}} to Thailand at Yokosuka on 29 October 1951, and served thereafter in the [[Royal Thai Navy]] as '''HTMS ''Prasae'' (PF 2)'''.'' Prasae'' remained in service until struck from the Thai Navy Register and decommissioned on 22 June 2000.

== Museum ship ==
''Prasae'' initially was preserved as a memorial at the [[Sattahip Naval Base]], then was towed to the mouth of the [[Prasae River]] in [[Rayong Province]] and put on display there by the Prasae River Communities Committee on 27 December 2003 as the "HTMS ''Prasae'' Memorial".

== Awards ==
The U.S. Navy awarded ''Gallup'' two [[battle star]]s for her World War II service and three battle stars for her Korean War service.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{navsource|12/08047|USS Gallup}}

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