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PC-606 Andrews

Call sign: November - Uniform - Victor - Tango
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 14 April 1942 at Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Conn; Launched, 8 January 1943; Commissioned USS PC-606, 7 August 1943 at New York City, NY; Decommissioned, 24 March 1947 at Green Cove Springs, Fla,; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs, Fla.; Renamed USS Andrews (PC-606), 15 February 1956; Struck from the Naval Register, 5 September 1957; Sold for scrapping to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md.
Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 65; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two General Motors 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 10868 and 10871), two shafts.
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