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PC-567 Riverhead

Riverhead served both the U. S. Navy and Air Force.

PC-542 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 15 September 1941 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; Launched, 11 April 1942; Commissioned USS PC-567, 27 June 1942; Decommissioned, 12 July 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs, FL; Renamed USS Riverhead (PC-567), 15 February 1956; Loaned to the Air Force, April 1960; Struck from the Naval Register, 15 March 1963 and permanently transferred to the Air Force. Fate unknown. PC-567 earned one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 65; 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 Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial No. 832241 and 832242), two shafts.

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PC-567 46k - Bob Daly/PC-1181

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