Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Patrol craft |
Class | PCS-1376 |
Pennant | PCS-1426 |
Built by | Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co. (Kingston, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 16 Nov 1942 |
Laid down | 8 Mar 1943 |
Launched | 31 Aug 1943 |
Commissioned | 1 Apr 1944 |
End service | |
History |
Commands listed for USS PCS-1426 (PCS-1426)
Please note that we're still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Jack Rabun, USNR | 1 Apr 1944 | Early 1945 |
2 | Robert F Perkins, USNR | Early 1945 | Mid 1945 |
3 | William French Mitchell, USNR | Mid 1945 | Mid/late45 |
4 | D U Page, USN | Mid/late45 | Mid 1946 |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
Notable events involving PCS-1426 include:
31 Jul 1944
USS Escolar (T/Cdr. W.J. Millican, USN) conducted exercises off Key West with the destroyer USS Dahlgren (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Lapides, USNR) and the patrol vessels USS PCS-1378 (Lt.(jg) L.E. Burger, USNR) and USS PCS-1426 (Lt. J. Rabun, USNR).