Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.


NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Sweeper
Photo Archive

PCS-1386 Hampton


PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper: Laid down 15 May 1943 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone Long Island NY; Launched 28 September 1944; Commissioned USS PCS-1386, 4 November 1944; Renamed USS Hampton (PCS-1386), 15 February 1956; Decommissioned 27 April 1956; Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1959; Final Disposition, disposed of by Navy sale, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 245 t.(lt) 338 t.(fl); Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14.1k; Complement 59; Armament one single 40mm gun mount, two 20mm gun mounts, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion, diesel.
Click On Image
For Full Size Image
Size Image Description Contributed
By
No image of Hampton is available at this time

View the Hampton (PCS-1386)
DANFS History entry located on 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
Reunions Magazine
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
"PC Patrol Craft of World War II" by William J Veigele Ph.D, USNR Ret. PC-793
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back To The Patrol Craft Sweeper Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
© 2005 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.