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PC-608



Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - William - Mike


PC-608 served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 8 January 1942 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX
  • Launched 16 May 1942
  • Commissioned USS PC-608, 18 August 1942
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 1 July 1948
  • Transferred to Mexico in 1952 and named ARM Guardacosta (GC 31)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in May 1964 and scrapped.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 450 t.
  • Length 173' 8"
  • Beam 23'
  • Draft 10' 10"
  • Speed 20.2 kts.
  • Complement 65
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, five 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,440bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines (Serial No. 6837 and 6838), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PC-608 185k . Bob Daly/PC-1181
    PC-608 102k c. February 1945
    In a Miami shipyard.    		 Russ Padden
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