Allied Warships

USS PC-493 (PC-493)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-493 
Built byDravo Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered26 Dec 1940 
Laid down9 Aug 1941 
Launched24 Jan 1942 
Commissioned28 May 1942 
End serviceSep 1945 
History

Decommissioned in September 1945
Transferred to Thailand on 10 May 1947 but sunk at Manila, Philippines in a typhoon shortly afterwards

 

Commands listed for USS PC-493 (PC-493)

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CommanderFromTo
1L C Kuhn, USNR28 May 1942Late 1942
2Lt. Robert Williams Chapin, USNRLate 1942Late 1943
3J T Young, USNRLate 1943Mid/late44
4D Jassy, USNRMid/late44Late 1944
5J Y Currie, Jr., USNRLate 1944Mid/late45
6Charles A. Tobin, USNRMid/late45Late 1945

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