Allied Warships

USS PC-796 (PC-796)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-796 
Built byCommercial Iron Works (Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.) 
Ordered27 Feb 1942 
Laid down29 May 1943 
Launched3 Jul 1943 
Commissioned19 Jun 1944 
End service 
History

Transferred to France in 1949 being renamed Pnom Penh

 

Commands listed for USS PC-796 (PC-796)

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CommanderFromTo
1H M Kidder, USNR19 Jun 1944Mid/late45
2P J Chapman, USNRMid/late45Late 1945

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