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PC-1254



Call sign: November - Delta - Delta - Echo



PC-1254 served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 22 June 1942 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX; Launched, 31 October 1942; Commissioned USS PC-1254, 13 April 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transfered to the Republic of China, 19 May 1954 and renamed Po Kiang (PC 114); Po Kiang decommissioned, 1 November 1970 and struck from the Naval Register. 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 Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial No. 833279 & 833280), two shafts.

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PC-1254 58k PC-114 flying the flag of the Republic of China, but still wearing her U. S. hull number, 24 August 1954. Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-114 53k PC-114 Chinese Navy

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-1254 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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