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PC-467

PC-467 served the Navies of the United States and Norway.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 22 October 1941 by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA; Launched, 29 April 1942; Commissioned USS PC-467, 20 June 1942; Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy, 16 September 1942 and renamed King Haakon (P 390); Presented to Crown Princess Martha of Norway by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 19 September 1942 at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC; King Haakon was assigned to the Canadian Coastal Zone during World War II; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Decommissioned in the Norwegian Navy, 2 January 1951 at Nyhavna,Trondheim, Norway; Sold to whaling interests, 10 August 1957. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 450 t.(fl); Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement six officers, 53 enlisted; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines, (Serial # 832275 and 832276), twin screws.
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Seen here as the King Haakon (P 390). |
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Outboard of PC-1546 at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. |
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