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PC-1176 Minden

Call sign: November - Papa - Papa - Bravo

Minden served the Navies of the United States and Venezuela.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 28 June 1943 at Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; Launched, 28 August 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1176, 20 November 1943 at New Orleans, LA.; Decommissioned, 23 May 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs, FL.; Renamed USS Minden (PC-1176), 15 February 1956; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960; Transferred to Venezuela and renamed Pulpo (P 07); In reserve 1968 - 1970; Scrapped, 1978. PC-1176 received one battle star for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) 450 t.(fl); Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 65; Armament one single 3"/50 gun, one 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, one depth charge projector (mousetrap), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial No. 833293 & 833294). two shafts.
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Builders Trials. c. 1943. Great Lakes Institute Photo |
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