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PCS-1397



Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Roger - Zebra
PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper: Laid down 1 May 1943 by the South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA; Launched 25 September 1943; Commissioned 16 May 1944. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 338 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14.1 kts.; Complement 57; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount. one 40mm mount, two 20mm mounts, four dcp, one dcp (hh), two dct; Propulsion two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

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PCS-1397 54k 4 May 1944 -
PCS-1397 60k 4 May 1944 Robert Hurst
There is no DANFS history available for PCS-1397
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
"PC Patrol Craft of World War II"
by William J. Veigele, Ph.D., USNR, Ret., PC-793
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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