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Tipton (PC 1231)
ex-PCC-1231
ex-PC-1231

Call sign:
November - Charlie - Kilo - Alpha

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser:

The second Tipton was laid down 1 September 1942 by the Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, NY

Launched 12 December 1942

Commissioned USS PC-1231, 13 July 1943

Reclassified as a Control Submarine Chaser, PCC-1231 20 August 1945

At Maui, Hawaii in July 1945 practicing for the invasion of Japan. When the war ended, they helped escort the invasion (now occupation) fleet to Sasebo Japan. From Sasebo, they escorted an ocean going barge to Nagasaki,

Japan and returned. From Sasebo, they were assigned to mine sweeping operations in the Bonin Islands which consisted of followed minesweepers and destroyed mines cut loose with rifle and 20mm fire. Ordered to Chi

Chi Jima in the Bonin Islands to act as a communication center for the Marines which were overseeing evacuation of Japanese soldiers from the island and investigating war crimes committed against American airmen shot down.

After Chi Chi Jima, PC-1231 headed to Pearl Harbor and eventually Portland, Oregon

Decommissioned 28 June 1946 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR

Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as January 1947

Named Tipton 15 February 1956

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 280 t. (lt), 450 t. (fl)

Length 173' 8"

Beam 23'

Draft 10' 10"

Speed 20 kts.

Complement 65

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two Mousetrap rocket launchers, four depth charge projectors and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 1,440bhp Fairbanks Morse 38D 8 1/8 diesel engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.

Size	Image Description	Source
87k	In drydock From the collection of Fred Andreatta, Communications Officer, PC-1231	Chris Smith
115k	c. 1945 Officers of *PC-1231. Lower right is Fred Andreatta From the collection of Fred Andreatta, Communications Officer, PC-1231*
99k	c. 1945 Crewmembers on forecastle while escorting an ocean going barge to Nagasaki, Japan From the collection of Fred Andreatta, Communications Officer, PC-1231
96k	c. 1945 After main deck as seen from the mast From the collection of Fred Andreatta, Communications Officer, PC-1231
84k	c. 1945 Bonin Islands, Japan Firing at mines From the collection of Fred Andreatta, Communications Officer, PC-1231
93k	c. 1945 Riding out a typhoon off the coast of Japan From the collection of Fred Andreatta, Communications Officer, PC-1231
76k	c. 1945 Chi Chi Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan From the collection of Fred Andreatta, Communications Officer, PC-1231
79k	c. 1945 Refueling *PC-1206* (left), bound for home From the collection of Fred Andreatta, Communications Officer, PC-1231