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PC-604

PC-604 served the Navies of the United States and Brazil.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 16 February 1942 by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT; Launched, 24 October 1942; Commissioned USS PC-604, 9 March 1943; Decommissioned, 11 June 1943 and transferred to Brazil; Renamed Guaiba (G 3); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Scrapped, 1952.
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 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 7815 and 7816), two shafts.
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Guaiba (G 3) |
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There is no DANFS history available for PC-604 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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