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PC-1168



Call sign: November - Papa - Lima - Yankee



PC-1168 served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 3 April 1943 by the Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, NY; Launched, 3 July 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1168, 31 December 1943; Decommissioned, 19 May 1954 and transferred to the Republic of China.; Renamed PC-116; PC-116 decommissioned and was struck from the Naval Register, 16 December 1970. Fate unknown.

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 16-278A diesel engines (Serial No. 14240 & 14241), two shafts.
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PC-1168 38k . Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-116 66k Seen as Chinese PC-116. Chinese Navy

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1168 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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