Japanese escort ship Shimushu 1938-1947 and Russian patrol frigate PS-25 1948-1957 and repair ship PM-74 1957-1959

Shimusu-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Mid 1950s appareance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Shimusu-class escort ships/kaibokan succeeded by Etorofu-class. Built under 1937 3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme. Laid down by Mitsui-Tamano Shipyards on 29 November 1938, launched on 13 December 1939, completed on 30 June 1940, ceded to the Soviet Union on 5 July 1947, commissioned as dispatch ship PS-25 in 1948, repair ship PM-74 in 1957 and decommissioned on 16 May 1959.

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