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USS SC-1466
ex-USS PC-1466
ex-HMC ML-392


SC-1466 served the Navies of the United States and Mexico
SC-1466 Class (Canadian Fairmile Class) Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 27 October 1941 as HMC ML-392 by the Leblanc Shipbuilding Co., Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Launched 27 July 1942
  • Completed in September 1942
  • Reclassified as Submarine Chaser and commissioned USS PC-1466, 22 October 1942 at Weymouth, Nova Scotia
  • Reclassified SC-1466 in April 1943
  • Transferred to Mexico 20 November 1943
  • Returned to U.S. custody in January 1948 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 76 t.
  • Length 112'
  • Beam 18'
  • Draft 6'
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: Two 2-pounders, two .30 cal. machine guns, one depth charge projectile (Y-gun), and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 630hp Hall-Scott gasoline engines, two shafts.
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    HMC Q-084 55k HMCC ML-392, HMCC ML-393, HMCC ML-394 and HMCC ML-395 at Weymouth, Nova Scotia (later USS SC-1466, USS SC-1467, USS SC-1468 and
    USS SC-1469, respectively)    		 Weymouths Little Warships Remembered
    There is no DANFS history currently available for SC-1466
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