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PC-1233



Call sign: November - Charlie - Lima - Alpha



PC-1233 served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 21 September 1942 by the Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, NY; Launched, 11 January 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1233, 24 September 1943. PC-1233 was assigned to the European theater during World War II and participated in the Normandy invasion. Decommissioned, 26 July 1954 and transferred to the Republic of China; Renamed Kung Kiang (PC 113); Kung Kiang decommissioned, 16 December 1970 and struck from the Naval Register. Fate unknown. PC-1233 received 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; tors, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial No. 833291 & 833292), two shafts.

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PC-1233 125k . Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-113 53k PC-113 Chinese Navy

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1233 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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