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PC-1247



Call sign: November - Charlie - Yankee - Kilo



PC-1247 served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 28 May 1943 by the Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN; Launched, 7 August 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1247, 20 December 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transfered to the Republic of China, 15 June 1948 at Subic Bay, Philippines and renamed Chialing; Renamed To Kiang (PC 104); To Kiang decommissioned, 1 November 1958; Stricken, 1964. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) 450 t.(fl); Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 65; Armament one single 3"/50 gun, one 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two General Motors 16-278A diesel engines (Serial No. 14234 & 14239), two shafts.

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PC-1247 105k Launching into the Cumberland River. Built with War Bonds sales from Clairborne Parish, LA.
National Archives Photo.
Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-104 42k To Kiang (PC 104). c. 1958. Chinese Navy
PC-104 56k To Kiang (PC 104). c. 1958. Chinese Navy
PC-104 51k To Kiang (PC 104). Chinese Navy

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1247 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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