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Chocura (IX 206) ex-PC-1124
Call sign: Nan - George - Nan - Sugar
Sunk in October 1945
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser:
The second Chocura was laid down 4 August 1942 as PC-1124 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Corp., Bay City, MI
Launched 1 October 1942
Commissioned USS PC-1124, 24 May 1943
Heavily damaged on 24 November 1944 by Japanese dive bombers off Leyte, Philippines at position 10° 50' N, 125° 25' E
Named and reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, Chocura (IX 206), 20 February 1945 and used as a barracks ship
Hulk sunk in October 1945 off Manus, Admiralty Islands.
Specifications:
Displacement 280 t.(lt) 450 t.(fl)
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 depth charge projectors (K-guns), two depth charge tracks, and two depth charge projectors (mousetrap)
Propulsion: Two 1,440bhp General Motors 16-258S diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.
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PC-1124 after enemy bombing attack
Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WWII
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c. 1945. In dry dock at Manus, Admiralty Islands.
Bob Daly/PC-1181
View the Chocura (IX 206) DANFS History
entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website
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