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PC-545
PC-545 was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II

Call sign: November - Bravo - November - Romeo

PC-545 served the Navies of the United States, France and Morocco.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 31 March 1942 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, MI; Launched, 8 May 1942; Commissioned USS PC-545, 27 June 1942. PC-545 participated in the Sicilian occupation, 9 - 15 July, 28 July - 17 August 1943; Salerno landings, 9 - 12 September 1943; Anzio Netturno advanced landings, 28 January - February 1944; and the Invasion of Southern France, 15 August - September 1944. Decommissioned and transferred to France, 17 October 1944 at Toulon, France; Renamed Goumier (P 603); Loaned to Morocco, 14 October 1960 and renamed Agadir (Q 390); Returned to France and struck from the Naval Register 8 December 1964. Sunk as a target in 1964.
Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 450 t.(fl); Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement 59; 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
16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 6359 and 6360), two shafts.
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