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USS PC-495 (PC-495)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-495 
Built byDravo Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down10 Jun, 1941 
Launched30 Dec, 1941 
Commissioned23 Apr, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to Thailand in 1951 being renamed Sarasin 

Noteable events involving PC-495 include:

15 Jul, 1942
USS PC 495 pickes up 6 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Moldanger. The Moldanger was torpedoed and sunk on 27 June 1942 in postion 38º03'N, 70º52'W by the German submarine U-404.

8 Jul, 1943
USS PC-495 picks up 66 survivors from the American merchant Eldena that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-510 about 150 nautical miles north-east of Cayenne, French Guyana in position 05º50'N, 50º20'W.


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