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PC-546



Call sign: November - Bravo - Oscar - November



PC-546 served the Navies of the United States and France.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 9 April 1942 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, MI; Launched, 15 May 1942; Commissioned USS
PC-546
, 8 July 1942. PC-546 took part in the following operations: Sicilian operation, 9 - 11 July, 28 July - 17 August 1943; Salerno landings, 9 - 21 September 1943; and the invasion of Southern France, 15 August - 25 September 1944. Decommissioned and transferred to France, 3 October 1944 at Toulon, France as Franc Tireur (W 112); Struck from the Naval Register, 17 February 1953. Sunk as a target, (date unknown). PC-546 received four battle stars for World War
II service.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 450 t.(fl); Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement 59; 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 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 6904 and 6905), two shafts.


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PC-546 25k - Lannie G. Walker SM3,
crew member PC-476

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