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PC-614



Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Xray - William



PC-614 served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 7 July 1942 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; Launched, 23 December 1942; Commissioned USS PC-614, 7 July 1943; Transferred to Mexico in 1952 as Guardacostas (GC 32); Struck from the Navy Register and scrapped in March 1964.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 450 t.(fl); Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 20.2 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 2,880bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines (Serial No. 6973 and 6974), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
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