Allied Warships

USS PC-568 (PC-568)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-568 
Built byBrown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down15 Sep 1941 
Launched25 Apr 1942 
Commissioned13 Jul 1942 
End service30 Apr 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 30 April
Stricken on 15 March 1963
Transferred to the Philippines on 2 March 1968 being renamed Nueva Viscaya

 

Commands listed for USS PC-568 (PC-568)

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CommanderFromTo
1David Albert Smith, USNR13 Jul 1942Early 1943
2Edmund Leavenworth McGibbon, USNREarly 1943Late 1943
3A W Walz, USNR1943Mid/late44
4Vernon W McDaniel, USNRMid/late44Early 1945
5J H McSparran, USNREarly 1945Late 1945

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