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PC-468

PC-468 has served the United States, the Netherlands and Nigerian Navies.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 1 January 1942 by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA; Launched, 30 April 1942; Commissioned USS PC-468, 30 June 1942; Transferred to the Netherlands, 6 August 1942 and renamed Queen Wilhelmina (P 801); Presented to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 8 August 1942; Queen Wilhelmina was assigned to the Carribbean area, operating between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Trinidad and Curacao, Dutch West Indies; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Decommissioned in the Netherlands Navy, (date unknown); Loaned to the Nigerian Navy in July 1963; Renamed Ogoya; Transferred to the Nigerian Navy, 16 September 1965; Sunk
in 1969.
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 Fairbanks Morse 38D8-1/8 diesel engines, (Serial # 832357 and 832360), twin screws.
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c. 1942 Washington Navy Yard. |
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Hyperwar USN in WW II |
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