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PCS-1399
ex-YMS-450



YMS-450 call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Xray - Roger

ex-PCS-1399
ex-PC-1399


PCS-1399 served the Navies of the United States and the Philippines



Tarlac call sign:
Delta - Uniform - November - Yankee
PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper:

  • Originally planned as PC-1399 but reclassified PCS-1399 in April 1943
  • Laid down 7 August 1943 by the South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA
  • Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-450, 7 October 1943
  • Launched 15 April 1944
  • Classification changed back to Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1399, 23 June 1944
  • Completed and commissioned USS PCS-1399, 25 November 1944
  • Transferred to the Philippines 22 January 1948 and named Tarlac (P 11)
  • Scrapped in 1969.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t. (lt), 338 t. (fl)
  • Length 136'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8' 7"
  • Speed 14.1 kts.
  • Complement 57
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 20mm gun mount, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog), and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    PCS-1399 59k Ed LeFave
    Commanding Officers
    01LT A. J. Harding, USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for PCS-1399
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    Patrol Craft Sailors Association
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