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PC-547


PC-547 served the Navies of the United States ( 2 months) and Brazil.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 16 April 1942 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, MI; Launched, 22 May 1942; Commissioned USS PC-547, 24 July 1942; Transferred to Brazil, 24 September 1942 and renamed Gurupi
(G 2)
; Fate unknown.

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. 6908 and 6909), two shafts.

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PC-547 57k - Bob Daly/PC-1181

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-546 at 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


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