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PC-1082

Call sign: November - Foxtrot - Papa - Victor
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 29 August 1942 at Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon; Launched, 10 October 1942; Commissioned 8 May 1943. Departed Apra harbor for Pearl Harbor in July 1946 with a stop at Kwajelein for water and fuel, and rammed a water barge with no noticeable damage. While underway for Pearl discovered water in the diesel fuel and engines shut down. Drifted for 14 days. Was sighted by a merchant vessel who radioed Pearl Harbor for a seagoing tug. Engineroom was flooded. Decommissioned 18 September 1946 at Pearl Harbor; Sold for scrap to a Taiwanese scrap dealer 13 November 1946.
Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 80; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount, five 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks, two rocket launchers; Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial No. 833281 and 833282), two shafts.
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