| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Patrol craft |
| Class | PC-461 |
| Pennant | PC-602 |
| Built by | Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp. (Morris Heights, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 20 Sep 1941 |
| Laid down | 12 Apr 1942 |
| Launched | 13 Jun 1942 |
| Commissioned | 16 Sep 1942 |
| End service | Mar 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned in March 1946 |
Commands listed for USS PC-602 (PC-602)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Thomas Albert Graham, USNR | 16 Sep 1942 | Late 1942 |
| 2 | Herman Reich, USNR | Late 1942 | Mid 1943 |
| 3 | J A Rinker, USNR | Mid 1943 | Mid/late43 |
| 4 | T A Grahan, USNR | Mid/late43 | Early 1944 |
| 5 | A R Fitzsimons, USNR | Early 1944 | Late 1944 |
| 6 | Lt.(jg) Horace P Benton, Jr., USNR | Late 1944 | Early 1945 |
| 7 | Lt.(jg) Alfred Howard Burwitz, USNR | Early 1945 | Mid 1945 |
| 8 | S Levy, USNR | Mid 1945 | Late 1945 |
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Notable events involving PC-602 include:
31 Dec 1944
Around 1330VW, USS Devilfish (T/Cdr. E.C. Stephan, USN) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was escorted out until 1900VW by USS PC-602 (Lt.(jg) H.P. Benton, Jr., USNR)
She was ordered to patrol off the Kii Suido and Bungo Suido. She was to make a stop at Saipan before proceeding to her patrol area.