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PCS-1430



Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Victor - Uncle

ex-PC-1430

PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper:

  • Laid down 27 February 1943 as PC-1430 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Corp., Jacksonville, FL
  • Reclassified PCS-1430 in April 1943
  • Launched 6 August 1943
  • Commissioned 3 March 1944
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in June 1947
  • Registered in 1948 to Hyland Laboratories of Los Angeles, CA as the yacht Carlotta
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 245 t.
    1948 - 256 t.
  • Length 136'
    1948 - 126.5'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8' 7"
    1948 - 11.5'
  • Speed 14.1 kts.
  • Complement 57
    1948 - Three
  • 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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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PCS-1430 187k c. 1945-46
    Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1977
    U.S. Navy photo NH 85163    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    There is no DANFS history currently available for PCS-1430
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