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Solvay (PC 603)
ex-PC-603

Call sign:
November - Uniform - Tango - Quebec

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser:

Laid down 9 May 1942 at Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY

Launched 30 June 1942

Commissioned USS PC-603, 1 October 1942

Placed in service as a naval reserve training vessel in September 1946 in the 4th Naval District (Philadelphia)

Decommissioned 8 January 1947 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA

Placed out of service 1 February 1956 at Norfolk, VA and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk Group

Named Solvay 15 February 1956

Struck from the Navy Register 1 July 1960

Approved for disposal 15 March 1961

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 450 t.

Length 173' 8"

Beam 23'

Draft 10' 10"

Speed 20.2 kts.

Complement 65

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, two 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 1,440bhp Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
PC-603
	233k	Photographed just after launch on 30 June 1942 at Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights New York U.S. Navy photo NH 43520	Naval History and Heritage Command
USS PC-603
	115k		Christy Birling
	113k
	323k
	388k	From the collection of Fred Graves	Janet Jones
	34k	CDR Flagg, CO, USS PC-603 From the collection of Fred Graves
	99k	Ships officers. Left to right: LT Gaston, LTJG Scott, CDR Flagg, ENS Hopper and LT Hewitt From the collection of Fred Graves
	52k	Shipmates. Left to right: Clifford, Frederick W. Graves, Centner, and Stone From the collection of Fred Graves
	76k	c. January 1943 Neah Bay, WA From the collection of Fred Graves