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PC-1264



Call sign:
Nan - Fox - Love - George


PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 7 October 1943 by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, New York; Launched, 28 November 1943; Commissioned 25 April 1944 at Pier 42, New York City. One of two World War II Navy ships to be manned by a largely African-American enlisted complement. Decommissioned, 7 February 1946 at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, NY; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 24 March 1948; Scrapped by Whitte Brothers Marine Scrap Yard of Rossville, Staten Island, NY. As of February 2008, PC-1264 is still at the scrap yard now named Donjon Marine Yard.

Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 19 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, one 40mm gun, five 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks, two rocket launchers; Propulsion two 2,560bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler RB-99DA diesel engines (Serial No. 7319 and 7320) diesel engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
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USS PC-1264
PC-1264 106k c. April 1944
New York
U.S. Navy photo NH 92460		 Naval Historical Center
PC-1264 117k 25 April 1944
Commissioning ceremonies at North River Pier, New York City.
U.S. Navy photo NH 1151766
Photographed by International News Photos.		 Naval Historical Center
PC-1264 95k Ship's enlisted complement on the fantail, at the time of her commissioning ceremonies, 25 April 1944, at New York City.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 92463		 Fred Weiss
PC-1264 208k The crew of the U.S. Navy submarine chaser [PC 1264] salutes the United States flag as the 173-foot long escort vessel is commissioned in a U.S. East Coast port. As soon as they qualify through experience and training, eight members of the crew of 53 Negro sailors will replace the present chief petty officers. May 1, 1944.
National Archives photo 208-N-26553.		 Bill Gonyo
PC-1264 63k Naval Institute Press photo 94031 Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-1264
Scrapyard 118k c. 1990
PC-1217 and PC-1264 at Whitte Bros. Marine Scrap Yard, Rossville, Staten Island, NY.		 Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-1264 104k c. 1990.
At Whitte Bros. Marine Scrap Yard, Rossville, Staten Island, NY.		 Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-1264 91k c. 1990.
At Whitte Bros. Marine Scrap Yard, Rossville, Staten Island, NY.		 Bob Daly/PC-1181
There is no DANFS history available for PC-1264
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