Allied Warships

USS PC-1179 (PC-1179)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-1179 
Built byLeatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered27 Oct 1942 
Laid down20 Sep 1943 
Launched6 Nov 1943 
Commissioned22 Jan 1944 
End service13 May 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 13 May 1946
Stricken on 1 July 1960
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 10 May 1961

 

Commands listed for USS PC-1179 (PC-1179)

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CommanderFromTo
1H J Manchester, Jr., USNR22 Jan 1944Mid/late44
2W S Jeffries, USNRMid/late44Mid/late45
3K J Clark, USNRMid/late45

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