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PC-1122



Call sign:
Nan - George - Love - Baker


PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 11 July 1942 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, MI
  • Launched 7 September 1942
  • Commissioned 1 January 1943
  • Decommissioned 9 August 1946
  • Struck from Naval Register 16 September 1947
  • Transferred to the Philippines 6 May 1948 for spare parts
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 295 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 40mm gun mount;, three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectors, and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,440bhp General Motors 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 7805 and 7805), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    PC-1122 63k - E. J. Comeau
    PC 553/1228
    PC-1122 40k Sansapor, New Guinea Hyperwar US Navy in WW II
    There is no DANFS history available for PC-1122
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