Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

USS PC-1226

• PC-461 class Submarine Chaser:
• Displacement: 280 tons
• Length: 173'8"
• Beam: 23'
• Draft: 10'10"
• Speed: 18 knots
• Armament: 1-2 3"/50
• Complement: 65
• Diesel engines
• Built at Leathe, D. Smith Coal and Ship Building Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisc. and commissioned 12 February 1943
• Transferred to France as Legionnaire 6 November 1944

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS PC-1226

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3-inch guns in action

AA guns in action

At flank speed...

'Shooting' the sun (James C. "Babe" Presley, QM1c)

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