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PC-600



Call sign: November - Alpha - Xray - Lima


PC-600 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 28 February 1942 by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, New York, NY; Launched, 9 May 1942; Commissioned USS PC-600, 18 August 1942; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to South Korea, 21 January 1952 and renamed Myo Hyang San (PC 706); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Scrapped by South Korea, 1968.

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 No. 832353 and 832354) , two shafts.
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PC-600 30k - Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
PC-600 26k - Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
PC-600 99k c. 1945. Flying her "Homeward Bound" (commissioning) pennant. Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-600 70k Bow view of PC-600 departing Mare Island on 21 January 1946 on post repair trials. She was in overhaul at the yard from 2 - 30 January 1946. Darryl L. Baker
PC-600 91k 45 degree off centerline view of PC-600 departing Mare Island on 21 January 1946 on post repair trials. Darryl L. Baker
PC-600 88k 135 degree off centerline view of PC-600 departing Mare Island on 21 January 1946 on post repair trials. Darryl L. Baker
PC-600 79k Stern view of PC-600 departing Mare Island on 21 January 1946 on post repair trials. Darryl L. Baker
PC-600 280k Bow view of PC-600 at Mare Island on 22 January 1946. Circle indicate areas that the shipyard modified during the overhaul 2 - 30 January 1946. PC to the right is not known. Darryl L. Baker
PC-600 183k Stern view of PC-600 at Mare Island on 22 January 1946. Darryl L. Baker

There is no DANFS history available for PC-600 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

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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