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PC-811



Call sign:
Nan - William - Queen - Zebra


PC-811 served the Navies of the United States and Portugal.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 6 November 1943 by the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
  • Launched 18 December 1943
  • Commissioned USS PC-811, 17 April 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in March 1948
  • Transferred to Portugal in 1948 and named Madeira (P 582)
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 280 t.(lt), 450 t.(fl)
  • Length 173' 8"
  • Beam 23'
  • Draft 10' 10"
  • Speed 19 kts.
  • Complement 65
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectors and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 2,560bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler RB-99DA diesel engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    PC-811 59k c. 1966 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for PC-811
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