Allied Warships

USS PC-548 (PC-548)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-548 
Built byDefoe Shipbuilding Co. (Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down24 Apr 1942 
Launched29 May 1942 
Commissioned2 Aug 1942 
End service 
History

Sunk in July 1946 during Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests

 

Commands listed for USS PC-548 (PC-548)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Matthew Vaughan Carson, Jr., USNR2 Aug 1942Mid/late42
2Davis C. Drinkwater, USNRMid/late42Early 1943
3William I Sutton, USNREarly 1943Early 1944
4Sidney R. Weed, USNREarly 1944Mid 1944
5D E Provost, 3rd, USNRMid 1944Late 1944
6A M Greenfield, USNRLate 1944Mid 1945
7J G McGain, USNRMid 1945Late 1945

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