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PC-1258

Call sign: November - Delta - Juliet - Sierra
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 28 December 1943 by Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT; Launched, 23 September 1944; Commissioned USS PC-1258, 24 January 1945. PC-1258 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater during World War II and participated in the Palau Islands operation. Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 21 June 1948 and sold to the Wilson Excursion Line of Wilmington, DE and renamed Boston Belle; The M/V Boston Belle was sold, (date unknown) to the City of Rosario, Argentina to be used as an excursion boat but was never used as such; Sold, (date unknown) to Ferrylineas, Buenos Aires, Argentina and renamed Cuidad de Rosario; Taken out of service, 1982 and laid up in the Riachuelo River, near Buenos Aires; She sank from neglect, and as of 1995 her hulk was still there. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) 450 t.(fl); Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 65; Armament one single 3"/50 gun, one 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two Hooven-Owen-Rentschler RB-99DA diesel engines (serial No. 7719 & 7720), engines replaced during conversion to Boston Belle with General Motors 12-278A diesels, two shafts.
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