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PC-457


Built in 1939 as the yacht Trouper by Robert Jacob and Sons, City Island, NY for C. A. Tilt of Chicago, IL; Launched, (date unknown); Acquired by the Navy, (date unknown); Commissioned USS PC-457, 1941; Sunk by collision with American freighter SS Norluna, 14 August 1941 near San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Specifications: Displacement, 125 t.; Length, 106' 9"; Beam, 23'"; Speed, unknown; Complement, unknown; Propulsion diesel, two shafts.
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PC-457 141k c. 1940
US Navy photo
Lillian E. Stump Lockhart
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Victoria Bivens
PC-457 104k .
Norman Friedman's "U.S. Small Combatants"
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Bob Daly/PC-1181

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-457 at the Hazegray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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