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PC-825



Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Yoke - Uncle
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 27 March 1944 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
  • Launched 28 May 1944
  • Commissioned 20 September 1944
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in June 1948
  • Fate unknown.

    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. 7359 and 7360), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    PC-825 65k c. 1944.
    Builder's trials. Note that trials were held without permanent mast in place.
    Photo courtesy of the Great Lakes Institute    		 Bob Daly/PC-1181
    Commanding Officers
    01LT R. H. Hirshberg, USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for PC-825
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