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PC-1227



Call sign: November - Charlie - Juliet - Bravo


PC-1227 served the Navies of the United States and France.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 1942 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co, Sturgeon Bay. WI; Launched, 17 October 1942; Commissioned USS PC-1227, 1942; Decommissioned 18 November 1944 and transferred to France as Lancier (W 111); Lancier decommissioned and struck, 2 August 1960. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 295 t.(fl); Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement 6 Officers, 53 Enlisted; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two General Motors 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 10839 & 10840), two shafts.
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PC-1227 57k Launching Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-1227 67k c. December 1942
PC-1227 forward of PC-1229 after 1229s launching.
Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-1226/1227 64k Inboard of PC-1226 Bob Daly/PC-1181

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