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PC-1078

PC-1078 served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 29 April 1942 by the Albina Engine and Machinery Works Inc., Portland, OR; Launched, 8 August 1942; Commissioned USS PC-1078, 5 February 1943; Decommissioned, 19 May 1954 and transferred to the Republic of China; Renamed PC-109; Struck from the Naval Register, 16 January 1971. Fate unknown.
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 Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines, two shafts.
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There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1078 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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