Allied Warships

USS PC-550 (PC-550)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-550 
Built byLeatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down6 Jun 1941 
Launched8 Mar 1942 
Commissioned28 Apr 1942 
End service15 Jun 1944 
History

Transferred to France on 15 June 1944 being renamed Le Vigilant

 

Commands listed for USS PC-550 (PC-550)

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CommanderFromTo
1E W Crandall, USNR28 Apr 1942Early 1943
2Sherman Farnham, USNREarly 1943Mid/late43
3John L Clark, USNRMid/late434 Apr 1944
4B J Belmore, USNR4 Apr 194415 Jun 1944

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