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PCS-1423 Prescott


PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper: Laid down 22 December 1943 at Burger Boat Co., Manitowoc, Wisc.; Launched 22 May 1943; Commissioned USS PCS-1423, 16 November 1943 at New Orleans, LA.; Decommissioned 18 June 1955 at Vicksburg, Miss. and placed In-Service as a naval reserve training vessel; renamed USS Prescott (PCS-1423), 15 February 1956; Placed Out-of-Service and struck from the Naval Register 1 March 1962; Final Disposition, sold 27 June 1962 to Frank Reis, Long Island, NY, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 245 t.(lt) 338 t.(fl); Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14.1k; Complement 57; Armament one single 40mm gun mount, two 20mm gun mounts, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion, diesel.
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
"PC Patrol Craft of World War II" by William J Veigele Ph.D, USNR Ret. PC-793
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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