Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.
NavSource Online:
Submarine Chaser Photo Archive
Chocura (IX 206)
ex-PC-1124

Call sign: November - Golf - November - Sierra
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, (date unknown) by the Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, MI; Launched, (date unknown); Commissioned USS PC-1124, 24 May 1943; Named and reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, Chocura (IX 206), 20 February 1945; Decommissioned (date and place unknown); Hulk sunk, October 1945 by Navy off Manus, Admiralty Islands; Struck from the Naval Register (date 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 mount, one 40mm gun mount, five 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors (K-guns), two depth charge tracks, two depth charge projectors (mousetrap); Propulsion two General Motors 16-258S diesel engines, two shafts.
Click On Image
For Full Size Image |
Size |
Image Description |
Source |
 |
36k |
PC-1124 after enemy bombing attack |
Hyperwar US Navy in WWII |
 |
67k |
c. 1945. In dry dock at Manus, Admiralty Islands. |
Bob Daly/PC-1181 |
There is no DANFS history available for PC-1124.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
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
This page created by Gary P. Priolo and maintained by Joe Radigan
© 2005 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.
|