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PCS-1460


PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper: Laid down in 1943 by the Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA; Delivered in February 1944; Commissioned USS PCS-1460 in 1944; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). 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 single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount (later removed and replaced by a radio shack), four 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion diesel, two shafts.


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PCS-1460 105k 23 February 1944
Sea Trials Brochure
Lester Alexander
PCS-1460 115k 23 February 1944
Sea Trials Brochure
Lester Alexander
PCS-1460 45k c. 1943 Lester Alexander

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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