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Allied Warships

USS PC-575 (PC-575)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-575 
Built byDravo Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down24 Feb, 1942 
Launched5 May, 1942 
Commissioned8 Aug, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold to Thailand in 1947 being renamed Thayanchon 

Noteable events involving PC-575 include:

3 Jul, 1943
USS PC-575 picks up survivors from the American merchant James Robertson that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-185 about 175 nautical miles east of Fortaleza, Brazil in position 04º05'S, 35º58'W.


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