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PC-1087 Placerville


Placerville served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 12 April 1943 at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Mass.; Launched, 21 August 1943; Commissioned USS PC-1087, 22 May 1944 at Quincy, Mass.; Decommissioned 20 February 1947; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, Oregon; Renamed USS Placerville (PC-1087), 15 February 1956; Transferred on loan under the Military Assistance Program, 16 July 1947 to Taiwan, renamed Tung Kiang (PC-119); Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1976; Sold outright to Taiwan, 1 May 1976. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 80; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount, five 20mm guns, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks, two rocket launchers; Propulsion two General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two shafts.

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PC-119 43k Tung Kiang (PC 119). c. 1965. Chinese Navy
PC-119 31k Tung Kiang (PC 119). Chinese Navy

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