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PC-1263 Milledgeville



Call sign: November - Foxtrot - Mike - Zulu



Milledgeville served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 2 March 1942 at Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Launched, 19 April 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1263, 28 July 1943 at New Orleans, LA; Renamed USS Milledgeville (PC-1263), 15 February 1956; Decommissioned, 16 February 1959; Transferred, 1 July 1959 under the Military Assistance Program to the Republic of China at Key West, FL; Renamed To Kiang (PC-125); To Kiang was decommissioned and struck, 16 January 1971. Fate unknown. PC-1263 received one battle star for World War II service.

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 (replaced by Mk 15 Hedgehogs), one single 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two Fairbanks-Morse 38D 8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial No. 833285 & 833286, two shafts.
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Milledgeville 36k - E. J. Comeau
PC 553/1228
PC-1263 76k c. 1950s. Note the Mk 15 trainable Hedgehog Rocket launcher in place of the 3"/50 deck gun. Bob Daly/PC-1181

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