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PC-551



Call sign: November - Bravo - Tango - Sierra



PC-551 served the Navies of the United States and France.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 22 July 1941 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI; Launched, 12 April 1942; Commissioned USS PC-551, 15 May 1942. During World War II, PC-551 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations: Sicilian occupation, 9 - 15 July 1943; Salerno landings, 9 - 12 September 1943; Anzio-Netturno advanced landings, 22 - 28 January, 15 February - 1 March 1944; and the Invasion of Southern France, 15 August - 25 September 1944. Decommissioned 19 October 1944 and transferred to France as L'Attentif (W 63); Struck from the Naval Register, 2 January 1958 and condemned; Scrapped later in the year. PC-551 earned five battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 295 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 General Motors 16-268S diesel engines (Serial No. 6323 and 6324), two shafts.
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PC-551 87k - From the "Miami Herald,"
December 5, 1942
Miami, Florida
J. C. Presley, PC-1226, QM2/c
via E. J. Comeau, PC 553/1228
PC-551 33k Depth charge attack on German U-Boat. c. 1943. .

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-551
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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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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