| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Patrol craft |
| Class | PC-461 |
| Pennant | PC-599 |
| Built by | Commercial Iron Works (Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 20 Sep 1941 |
| Laid down | 2 Aug 1942 |
| Launched | 26 Sep 1942 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Stricken 3 January 1946. |
Commands listed for USS PC-599 (PC-599)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Kenneth James Barclay, USNR | 15 May 1943 | early 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. George N Stembridge, Jr., USNR | early 1944 | mid 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. Judson M Kindt, USNR | mid 1944 | mid 1944 |
| 4 | Lt. Joe Y Law, USNR | mid 1944 | late 1944 |
| 5 | Lt. Judson M Kindt, USNR | late 1944 | mid 1945 |
| 6 | Lt.(jg) Vance Royce Haswell, USNR | mid 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving PC-599 include:
7 Feb 1945
USS Chub (Cdr. C.D. Rhymes, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor together with USS Ramsay (Lt. R.R. Pollard, Jr., USNR) and USS PC-599 (Lt. J.M. Kindt, USNR).
8 Feb 1945
USS Chub (Cdr. C.D. Rhymes, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor together with USS Ramsay (Lt. R.R. Pollard, Jr., USNR) and USS PC-599 (Lt. J.M. Kindt, USNR).
9 Feb 1945
USS Chub (Cdr. C.D. Rhymes, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor together with USS Ramsay (Lt. R.R. Pollard, Jr., USNR) and USS PC-599 (Lt. J.M. Kindt, USNR).
12 Feb 1945
USS Bugara (Cdr. A.F. Schade, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor together with USS Pruitt (Cdr. P.H. Bjarnason, USN), USS PC-599 and USS Spearfish (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Miller, USN).
16 Mar 1945
During 16/17 March 1945, USS Cabrilla (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Lauerman, USN), conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor together with USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), USS Florikan (Lt. D. Hima, USN), USS PC-599 and USS Bonefish (Cdr. L.L. Edge, USN).
27 Mar 1945
USS Billfish (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Farley, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor together with USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), USS Whitman (Lt. E.A. Sandor, USNR), USS PC-599 and USS Cero (Lt.Cdr. R. Berthrong, USN).
25 Apr 1945
During 25 April 1945, USS Skate (T/Cdr. R.B. Lynch, USN) and USS Pipefish (T/Cdr. W.N. Deragon, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor with USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), USS J. Douglas Blackwood (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Johnston, USNR) and USS PC-599 (Lt. J.M Kindt, USNR).
They were then joined for night exercises by USS Cabezon (T/Cdr. G.W. Lautrup, USN), USS Capitaine (T/Lt.Cdr. E.S. Friedrick, USN) and USS Chew (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Mannion, USNR).
Night exercises were then carried out with a group of transports simulating a convoy. The group of transports was made up of the following vessels; USS Carlisle (Lt.Cdr. M.J. Carley, USNR), USS Cleburne (Lt.Cdr. F.T. Callahan, USNR), USS Crenshaw (Cdr. W.B. Studley, USNR), USS Crittenden (T/Capt. P.C. Crosley, USN), USS Cullman (Lt.Cdr. W.B. Dell, USNR), USS Riverside (T/Capt. L.N. Miller, USN), USS Bandera (T/Capt. A.C. Thorington, USN), USS Beckham (T/Capt. A.R. Sodergren, USN), USS Buckingham (T/Capt. H.G. Moran, USN), USS Kingsbury (T/Cdr. J.H. Hughes, USN), USS Lander (T/Capt. J.D. Sweeney, USN), USS Pickaway (T/Capt. H.L. Bixby, USN), USS Rockbridge (T/Capt. W.W. Cone, USN), USS San Saba (T/Capt. E.E. Berthold, USN), USS Waukesha (Lt.Cdr. J.S. Herold, USNR), USS Winston (Lt.Cdr. E.S. Doty, USNR) and USS Prentiss (T/Cdr. G.P. Walker, USN). [A source give that 18 transports were present so perhaps there was one more that is not listed here]. The convoy was escorted by 9 escorts according to the source which also stated that 18 transports had been present. USS Chew was the escort leader and he three escorts that had been exercising with the submarines also joined the convoy. Most of the above transports had already been out for exercises for several days during which they had been escorted by USS PC-486 (Lt. R.B. Whitney, USNR), USS PC-781 (Lt. F. Hopkinson, USNR) and USS PC-1078 (Lt. J.R. Slater, USNR) which were still present. [That leaves two escort vessels still unaccounted for.]
The exercises were completed on the 26th.
27 Apr 1945
USS Skate (T/Cdr. R.B. Lynch, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor with USS J. Douglas Blackwood (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Johnston, USNR) and USS PC-599 (Lt. J.M Kindt, USNR).
30 Apr 1945
USS Skate (T/Cdr. R.B. Lynch, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor with USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR) and USS PC-599 (Lt. J.M Kindt, USNR).