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PC-810


PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down (date unknown) at Portland, Oregon; Launched (date unknown); Commissioned USS PC-810 April 1945; Served in the eastern Pacific during the remainder of World War II and the first months of the post-war era; Decommissioned February 1946; Struck from the Naval Register May 1946; Transferred to the Republic of Korea in early 1950 and renamed Chiri San (PC-704); Final Disposition, sunk by a mine December 1951.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 295 t.(fl); Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement 6 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 diesel.
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PC-810 87k Seen here as South Korean Chiri San (PC-704)
17 June 1950, San Francisco Bay
US Navy photo # (85490)
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PC-810 86k Seen here as South Korean Chiri San (PC-704)
17 June 1950, San Francisco Bay
US Navy photo # (85491)
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PC-810 99k Seen here as South Korean Chiri San (PC-704)
17 June 1950, San Francisco Bay
US Navy photo # (85492)
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PC-810 86k Seen here as South Korean Chiri San (PC-704)
17 June 1950, San Francisco Bay
US Navy photo # (85493)
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PC-810 119k 16 June 1950, Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Seen here as South Korean Chiri San (PC-704)
following transfer to the South Korean Navy
loading deck cargo for her impending trans-Pacific
voyage to Korea. Her sister ship Kum Kang San is at right.
Note 3"/50 dual-purpose gun mounted forward, Republic of
Korea flags at bow and stern, mast and "crow's nest"
Danforth anchor, navigation lights, ship's bell mounted on the
pilothouse front and other details on and around her main deck.
On the original print, her old U.S. Navy hull number ("810") is
visible in spot welded outline behind her Korean Navy bow number
("704"). USS George A. Johnson (DE-583) is in the left center distance. .
US Navy photo # (85498)
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There is no DANFS history available for PC-810 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
"PC Patrol Craft of World War II" by William J Veigele Ph.D, USNR Ret. PC-793
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