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PC-559

PC-559 served the Navies of the United States and France.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 14 October 1941 by the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN; Launched, 2 January 1942; Commissioned USS PC-559, 12 May 1942. Assigned to the Caribbean Sea Frontier, Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Took part in the following operations: Tunisian operations, 8 November 1942 - 9 July 1943; Convoy TAG 18, 1 - 6 November 1942; Sicilian occupation, 9 - 15 July and 29 July - 17 August 1943; Salerno landings, 9 - 23 September 1943; West Coast of Italy operations, 1944; Anzio-Netturno Advanced Landings, 13 - 21 January, 25 - 27 January, 2 February, 6 - 10 February, and 17 - 29 February 1944. Decommissioned and transferred to France, 6 October 1944 at Toulon, France; Renamed Voltigeur (W 103); Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1970 and sold for scrap.PC 559 earned a Presidential Unit Commendation for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 450 t.(fl); Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement six 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. 6331 and 6332), two shafts.
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