Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.


NavSource Online:
Submarine Chaser Photo Archive

Direct (AM 90) / PC-1594


Adroit Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 26 December 1941 by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA; Launched, 25 April 1942; Commissioned USS Direct (AM 90), 31 August 1942; Started conversion to a Patrol Submarine Chaser, 16 May 1944 at Norfolk, VA; Reclassified PC-1594, 1 June 1944; Decommissioned, 9 November 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal, 29 July 1946. Fate unknown. PC-1594 received one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 295 t.; Length 173'; Beam 23'; Draft 11' 7"; Speed; 17k; Complement 65; 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 1,770 bhp Cooper-Bessemer GNB-8 diesel engines, two shafts.

Click On Image
For Full Size Image
Size Image Description Source
PC-1594 33k - Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
PC-1594 81k PC-1594 off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, on 4 June 1944.
USN Photo 96493
Naval Historical Center
PC-1594 123k PC-1594 off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, on 4 June 1944. Note arrangement of depth charge racks and K-gun depth charge projectors on her after deck.
USN Photo 96494
Naval Historical Center

View the Direct (AM 90)/PC-1594
DANFS history entry located on 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
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back To The Mine Sweeper (AM) Photo Index Back To The Submarine Chaser Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster

This page created by Gary P. Priolo and maintained by Joe Radigan
© 2000-2002 Gary P. Priolo © 2000-2002 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.