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PC-1219



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Baker - Uncle
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 2 August 1943 at Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT
  • Launched 21 November 1943
  • Commissioned 1 July 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in April 1948
  • 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, five 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,440bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    PC-1219 277k Richard Strangman
    Photo added 22 June 2019
    There is no DANFS history currently available for PC-1219
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