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PC-1246 Canadaigua



Call sign: November - Charlie - Whiskey - Alpha



PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 3 May 1943 by the Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN; Launched, 3 July 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1246, 29 November 1943 at New Orleans, LA; Placed out of commission, in reserve, January 1947 at Green Cove Springs, FL; Renamed USS Canadaigua (PC-1246), 15 February 1956; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1957 and sold for scrap.

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 16-278A diesel engines (Serial No. 14233 & 14238), two shafts.
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PC-1246 64k En route Oran, North Africa E. J. Comeau
PC 553/1228
PC-1246 96k Financed through War Bonds from Davidson County, TN. Bob Daly/PC-1181

There is no DANFS history available for Canadaigua (PC 1246) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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

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