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Prasae 1977

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
ท่าจีน [Taksin] (ex-Glendale, ex-EK-6, ex-Glendale)	1, 1992- 411		Consolidated Steel, San Pedro, USA	4/1943	28.5.1943	10.1943 // 29.10.1951	stricken 6.2000
ประแส [Prasae] (ex-Gallup, ex-EK-22, ex-Gallup)	2, 1992- 412		Consolidated Steel, San Pedro, USA	8/1943	17.9.1943	2.1944 // 29.10.1951	stricken 6.2000

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1509
Displacement full, t	2238
Length, m	87.0 wl 92.6 oa
Breadth, m	11.4
Draught, m	3.86
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 3 boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 768
Endurance, nm(kts)	9500 (12)
Armament	3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 9 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100)
Electronic equipment	1: SPS-5, SPS-6 radars, QCU sonar 2: SPS-6, SPS-10 radars, QCU sonar
Complement	190

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Project history

Former USN Tacoma class frigates, both served also under Soviet flag.

Modernizations

mid-1970s, both: - SPS-5/10 radar; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2x nav. radars

Naval service

Prasae was severely damaged during collision in January 1972 and was never fully repaired.