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

PC-583



Call sign: November - Uniform - Quebec - Zulu



PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 6 May 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; Launched, 12 June 1942; Commissioned USS PC-583, 2 September 1942; Decommissioned, 20 September 1946 at San Diego, CA.; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 July 1948 and sold to Raymond Turner of San Diego, CA; Renamed M/V Pan American; Converted to a fishing boat, 1949. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 22k; Complement 65; Armament two 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 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 7777 and 7778), two shafts.

Click On Image
For Full Size Image
Size Image Description Source
PC-583 68k . Bob Daly/PC-1181

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-583 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

Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Submarine Chaser (PC) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster

This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2005 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.