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PCS-1426



Call sign:
November - Tango - Victor - India


PC-1426 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.
PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper: Laid down 8 March 1943 by the C. Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, NY; Launched 31 August 1943; Delivered in February 1944; Commissioned 1 April 1944; Transferred to South Korea in 1952. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 245 t.(lt) 338 t.(fl); Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14.1k; Complement 57; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, one 40mm gun mount, two 20mm gun mounts, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog), 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-1426 40k . Adrian Hamm
PCS-1426 32k . Adrian Hamm
PCS-1426 62k . Adrian Hamm
PCS-1426 53k . Adrian Hamm
PCS-1426 68k . Adrian Hamm
PCS-1426 64k . Adrian Hamm
PCS-1426 26k . Adrian Hamm
There is no DANFS history available for PCS-1426
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