The USS Glendale (PF-36) was a Tacoma-class patrol frigate constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. Launched on 28 May 1943 at the Consolidated Steel Corporation shipyard in Los Angeles, California, she was sponsored by Miss Shirley Schlichtman and commissioned on 1 October 1943. Originally classified as a patrol gunboat, PG-144, she was reclassified as a patrol frigate, PF-36, on 15 April 1943. Glendale's initial service included shakedown off Southern California, followed by deployment to the Pacific Theater. She left San Diego on 12 January 1944, arriving in Cairns, Australia, on 17 February 1944. Her primary role was as an anti-submarine and anti-aircraft escort, safeguarding merchant ships in the New Guinea area. Notably, she participated in the assault on Morotai Island in September 1944, escorting merchant ships in support of the operation. On 5 December 1944, while escorting a convoy from Hollandia to Leyte, she was involved in an attack where Japanese aircraft sank the cargo ship SS Antoine Saugrain and damaged the SS Marcus Daly, with Glendale ensuring the safe arrival of the remaining convoy to Leyte. In early 1945, Glendale transferred to the Atlantic, arriving in Boston on 24 January 1945, and underwent overhaul before sailing toward the Pacific via Seattle and the Aleutian Islands. She was part of Project Hula, a secret program for transferring U.S. Navy ships to the Soviet Union in June 1945. She was decommissioned from U.S. service on 12 July 1945 at Cold Bay, Alaska, and transferred to the Soviet Navy, where she was renamed EK-6 and served as an escort ship in the Far East. After the Cold War, EK-6 was returned to the U.S. Navy in 1949, and she was recommissioned in 1950 for service during the Korean War. During her Korean service, she patrolled off Hungnam, Pusan, and Inchon, earning four battle stars and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. Decommissioned again in 1951, she was transferred to Thailand, where she served as HTMS Tachin (PF-1, later PF-411) until her decommissioning in 2000. Today, her hull remains on display at the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School in Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand. The USS Glendale was a notable vessel for her versatile service in multiple navies, participating actively in World War II, the Korean War, and Cold War geopolitics, earning five battle stars for her U.S. service.

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