Allied Warships

USS PC-492 (PC-492)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-492 
Built byDravo Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered26 Dec 1940 
Laid down25 Jun 1941 
Launched29 Dec 1941 
Commissioned5 May 1942 
End service13 Feb 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 13 February 1946
Transferred to Taiwan on 30 June 1948 being renamed Fu Kiang

 

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Notable events involving PC-492 include:


26 Jul 1942
USS PC-492 picks up 48 survivors from the Brazilian merchant Tamandaré that was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-66 about 14 nautical miles north of Tobago.


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