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PC-554


PC-554 served the Navies of the United States and Brazil.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 20 December 1941 by the Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, NY; Launched, 1 May 1942; Commissioned USS PC-554, 15 September 1942; Decommissioned and transferred to Brazil, 1943; Renamed Goiana (CS 6); Reclassified G-4; Permanent ownership to Brazil, 19 April 1950 and struck from the Naval Register; Decommissioned in Brazilian Navy, 13 October 1951; Scrapped, 1952.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 295 t.(fl); Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement 6 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. 6345 and 6346), two shafts.
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PC-554 83k c. early 1943. E. J. Comeau, PC 553/1228
PC-554 90k c. 1946.
Brazilian Navy photo from Jane's Fighting Ships
Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-554
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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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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