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Bel Air (PC 1191)
ex-PC-1191



Call sign:
November - Papa - Zulu - November
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 23 May 1942 by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY
  • Launched 25 July 1942
  • Commissioned USS PC-1191, 2 November 1942 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
  • Decommissioned 12 July 1946 at Charleston, SC and placed in service as a Naval Reserve Training Ship at the 6th Naval District (Charleston)
  • Placed in reserve in March 1950 at Norfolk, VA
  • Named Bel Air 15 February 1956
  • Struck from the Naval Register in March 1959
  • Disposed of in January 1961.

    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, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Bel Air 113k 24 October 1942
    Sea trials in the Hudson River, between the George Washington Bridge and
    Yonkers, NY
    National Archives photo    		 Original photo from Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection
    Replacement photo from Dan Treadwell
    Bel Air 75k Bureau of Ships photo Edib Krlicbegovic
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    DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website
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