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Allied Warships

USS PC-592 (PC-592)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-592 
Built byDravo Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down31 Mar, 1942 
Launched27 Jun, 1942 
Commissioned28 Nov, 1942 
End serviceJan, 1950 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned in January 1950
Stricken on 1 April 1959 

Noteable events involving PC-592 include:

9 Mar, 1943
USS PC-592 picks up survivors from the American merchants James K. Polk, James Smith and Mark Hanna that were torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-510 about 175 nautical miles north of Cayenne, French Guyana in position 07º40'N, 52º07'W.

28 May, 1943
USS PC-592 picks up 69 survivors from the American tanker Florida that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-154 about 125 miles east of Fortaleza, Brazil in position 03º56'S, 36º43'W.


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