service in the Korean War, but all 27 soon were transferred to the navies of other countries. The other 25 Tacoma-class ships never returned to service in the US Navy and also were transferred to foreign countries. In the post-World War II era, Tacoma-class patrol frigates operated in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Republic of Korea Navy, and the Argentine, Belgian, Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, French, Mexican, Royal Netherlands, Peruvian, and Royal Thai navies, and one ship operated as a civilian weather ship for the government of the Netherlands. In foreign navies, many Tacoma-class ships survived into the 1960s and 1970s, and the last operator of Tacoma-class patrol frigates, Thailand, did not retire its two ships until 2000. List of ships The Tacoma-class ships, listed in order of US Navy hull number, and their dates of active service and fates follow. Gallery Tacoma-class patrol frigates, US Navy Colony-class frigates, Royal Navy See also List of escorteurs of France References External links PF-1 Tacoma GlobalSecurity.org PG-111/PF-3 Tacoma NavSource Online USS Tacoma history.navy.mil Frigate classes Tacoma Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States Ship classes of the United States Navy Ship classes of the French Navy