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Allied Warships

USS PC-619 (PC-619)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-619 
Built byGeorge Lawley & Sons Inc. (Neponset, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down29 Apr, 1942 
Launched15 Aug, 1942 
Commissioned16 Sep, 1942 
End service, 1948 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned in 1948
Transferred to Venezuela in 1956 being renamed Gaviota 

Noteable events involving PC-619 include:

17 Apr, 1944
The German submarine U-986 was sunk south-west of Ireland, in position 50º09'N, 12º51'W, by depth charges from the US minesweeper USS Swift and the US submarine chaser USS PC-619. (see map)


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