Allied Warships

USS PC-576 (PC-576)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-576 
Built byDravo Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down3 Apr 1942 
Launched13 Jun 1942 
Commissioned10 Sep 1942 
End service14 Feb 1947 
History

Decommissioned on 14 February 1947

 

Commands listed for USS PC-576 (PC-576)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Gifford Cochran Ewing, USNR10 Sep 1942Mid 1943
2James Lamb McIntire, USNRMid 1943Mid/late43
3W F Colton, USNRMid/late43Mid 1944
4F B Gibson, USNRMid 1944Late 1944
5R A Wilks, USNRLate 1944Mid/late45

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Notable events involving PC-576 include:


24 Jan 1943
In position 08°39'N, 58°46'W USS PC-576 picks up three survivors from the Dutch passenger ship Zaandam that was torpedoed and sunk on 2 November 1942 !!! by German U-boat U-174 about 300 miles north of Cape Sao Roque, Brazil in position 01°25'N, 36°22'W.


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