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PC-1208



Call sign:
November - Papa - Oscar - Sierra


PC-1208 served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 21 July 1943 by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Co., Morris Heights, NY; Launched, 15 September 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1208, 25 November 1943; Decommissioned, 26 July 1954 and transferred to the Republic of China as PC-111; Struck from the Navy Register 1 November 1970. Fate unknown.

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 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 2,880bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines (Serial Nos. 7065 and 7066), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.

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PC-1208
PC-1208 89k Launching
National Archives photo 19-N-51902		 Bob Daly/PC-1181
USS PC-1208
PC-1208 153k c. 1945
Balboa, Canal Zone. Moored outboard of PC-1182 and PC-1181		 Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-1208 125k c. 1954
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard with USS Regulus (AF 57) looming above her.		 Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-111
PC-1208 39k Chinese Navy photo Chinese Navy
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