Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.


NavSource Online:
Submarine Chaser Photo Archive

PC-1262



Call sign: November - Foxtrot - Kilo - Sierra



PC-1262 served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 21 January 1943 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI; Launched, 27 March 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1262, 29 June 1943. PC-1262 was assigned to the European theater during World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy. Decommissioned, 19 May 1954; Transferred to the Republic of China, June 1954; Renamed Chung Kiang (PC 115); Chung Kiang decommissioned, 1 November 1970; Struck from the Naval Register, 1972; Scrapped, 1974. PC-1262 earned one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) 450 t.(fl); Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 65; Armament one single 3"/50 gun, one 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial No. 833283 & 833284), two shafts.


Click On Image
For Full Size Image
Size Image Description Source
PC-1262 73k . Bob Daly/PC-1181
Chung Kiang 47k Chung Kiang (PC 115)
U.S. Navy Photo
c. 1956
Bob Daly/PC-1181

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1262 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association

Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Submarine Chaser (PC) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster

This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2005 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.