| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Patrol craft |
| Class | PC-461 |
| Pennant | PC-543 |
| Built by | Defoe Shipbuilding Co. (Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 1 Apr 1941 |
| Laid down | 23 Mar 1942 |
| Launched | 5 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 26 May 1942 |
| End service | 8 Jun 1944 |
| History | Transferred to France on 8 June 1944 being renamed Le Volontaire |
Commands listed for USS PC-543 (PC-543)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Blaney Calatis Turner, USNR | 26 May 1942 | 1 Feb 1943 |
| 2 | M W Silverstein, USNR | 1 Feb 1943 | Mid 1943 |
| 3 | Joseph R. Sutton, USNR | Mid 1943 | 8 Jun 1944 |
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Notable events involving PC-543 include:
30 Jun 1943
Around 1030A/30, HMS Safari (Lt. R.B. Lakin, DSO, DSC, RN) departed Algiers for passage to Bizerte. She was escorted on this passage by USS PC 543 (Lt.(jg) M.V. Silverstein, USNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/1839
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.