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PC-557

Call sign: November - Bravo - Zulu - Echo

PC-557 served the Navies of the United States and France.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 31 October 1941 by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT; Launched, 2 August 1942; Commissioned USS PC-557, 15 October 1942. During World War II, PC-557 was assigned to the Atlantic, Caribbean and Mediterranean theater and took part in the following operations: Sicilian occupation, 9 - 15 July 1943; Bombardment of Formia/Anzio area, 19 May - 4 June 1944; Salerno landings, 9 - 21 September 1943; Tunisian operation, 26 May - 9 July 1944; and the Invasion of Southern France, 15 August - 25 September 1944. Decommissioned and transferred to France, 25 October 1944 at Toulon, France; Renamed Dragon (W 83); Struck from the Naval Register and scrapped, 8 January 1959.
Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 450 t.(fl); Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement six 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 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 6906 and 6907), two shafts.
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There is no DANFS history available for PC-557 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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