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PCS-1376 Winder
PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper: Laid down 13 October 1942 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone Long Island NY; Launched 3 April 1943; Commissioned USS PCS-1376, 9 July 1943; Decommissioned 28 February 1947 at Norfolk VA.; Placed In-Service 10 June 1947 as a naval reserve training vessel; Placed Out-of-Service, 4 January 1950; Transferred May 1950 to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs, FL.; Renamed USS Winder (PCS-1376), 15 February 1956; Struck from the Naval Register 5 September 1957; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 15 April 1958 to Fred Irvine, Miami FL.
Specifications: Displacement 245 t. (lt) 338 t.(fl); Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14.1k; Complement 57; Armament one single 3"/50 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
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Fleet Reserve Association
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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
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Association of Minemen
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