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PC-1079 Ludington


PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 29 April 1942 at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon; Launched, 25 August 1942; Commissioned USS PC-1079, 7 March 1943; Decommissioned March 1946 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group; Renamed USS Ludington (PC-1079), 15 February 1956; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960; Final disposition, sold for scrapping 13 March 1961 to Marine Power & Equipment Co., Seattle, WA.

Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 80; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount, five 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks, two rocket launchers; Propulsion diesel.

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