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PC-607

PC-607 served the Navies of the United States and Brazil.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 1 July 1942 by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamfors, CT; Launched, 11 February 1943; Commissioned USS PC-607, 27 August 1943; Decommissioned, 19 October 1943 and transferred to Brazil; Renamed Guajara (G 5); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20.2k; Complement 65; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount, two 20mm guns, two depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two General Motors 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 10878 and 10879), two shafts.
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Guajara (G 5) |
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There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-607 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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