Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Patrol craft |
Class | PC-461 |
Pennant | PC-548 |
Built by | Defoe Shipbuilding Co. (Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 1 Apr 1941 |
Laid down | 24 Apr 1942 |
Launched | 29 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 2 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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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Matthew Vaughan Carson, Jr., USNR | 2 Aug 1942 | Mid/late42 |
2 | Davis C. Drinkwater, USNR | Mid/late42 | Early 1943 |
3 | William I Sutton, USNR | Early 1943 | Early 1944 |
4 | Sidney R. Weed, USNR | Early 1944 | Mid 1944 |
5 | D E Provost, 3rd, USNR | Mid 1944 | Late 1944 |
6 | A M Greenfield, USNR | Late 1944 | Mid 1945 |
7 | J G McGain, USNR | Mid 1945 | Late 1945 |
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