Allied Warships

USS PC-492 (PC-492)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-492 
Built byDravo Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered26 Dec 1940 
Laid down25 Jun 1941 
Launched29 Dec 1941 
Commissioned5 May 1942 
End service13 Feb 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 13 February 1946
Transferred to Taiwan on 30 June 1948 being renamed Fu Kiang

 

Commands listed for USS PC-492 (PC-492)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Harry Atherton Adams, Jr., USNR5 May 1942Late 1942
2E L Newman, USNRLate 19421 May 1943
3S L Weaver, Jr., USNR1 May 194318 May 1943
4Lt. Bernard Joseph Dunn, USNR18 May 1943Late 1943
5S L Weaver, Jr., USNRLate 1943Mid 1944
6R L Iseli, USNRMid 1944Dec 1944
7R V Workman, USNRDec 1944Late 1945

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Notable events involving PC-492 include:


26 Jul 1942
USS PC-492 picks up 48 survivors from the Brazilian merchant Tamandaré that was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-66 about 14 nautical miles north of Tobago.


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