Allied Warships

USS PC-560 (PC-560)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-560 
Built byJeffersonville Boat and Machine Co. (Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down25 Nov 1941 
Launched17 Mar 1942 
Commissioned17 Jun 1942 
End service28 Jan 1947 
History

Decommissioned on 28 January 1947
Stricken on 5 September 1957 and sold to be broken up for scrap

 

Commands listed for USS PC-560 (PC-560)

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CommanderFromTo
1Alden James Laborde, USNR17 Jun 19425 Jan 1943
2Lt. Nicholas Biddle, USNR5 Jan 194314 May 1943
3John L. Beyer, Jr., USNR14 May 1943Sep 1944
4L A Thorburn, USNRSep 194428 Nov 1944
5James G. Kane, USNR28 Nov 194412 Mar 1945
6William H. Sutherland, USNR12 Mar 1945Dec 1945

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