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PC-590

PC-590 was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II.



Call sign:
November - Alpha - Hotel - Bravo

Sunk 9 October 1945

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 14 April 1942 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI; Launched, 4 July 1942; Commissioned 5 October 1942; Broke in half and sank during Typhoon Louise 9 October 1945 at Buckners Bay, Okinawa; Struck from the Naval Register in
July 1948.

Specifications: Displacement 285 t.(lt) 450 t.(fl); Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 65; 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. 7207 and 7208), two shafts.


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PC-590 55k Sea trials. Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-590 16k PC-590 breaking up in Typhoon Louise. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
PC-590 107k Okinawa, 9 October 1945. PC-590 breaking up in Typhoon Louise. CDR John B. Payne, USNR, Ret.

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-590.
Read "Loss of the PC-590"

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
"PC Patrol Craft of World War II"
by William J. Veigele, PhD, USNR, Ret. PC-793

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