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PCS-1458 / AGS-6 Derickson


PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper: Laid down at Ballard Marine Railway Company, Seattle, WA; Launched, 6 November 1943; Loaned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 17 May 1944; Renamed and Reclassified Derickson (AGS-6), 27 May 1944; Struck from the Naval Register and permanently transferred to Department of Commerce, 23 November 1948; Final disposition, 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, four 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion, diesel.
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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

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
Ramon Jacksons Navy Survey Ships (AGS) Designator Listing

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