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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS PCS-1450, 1944-1947
USS PCS-1450, a 136-foot submarine chaser, was built
at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. After completion and transit down the
Mississippi River, she was placed in full commission in early
February 1944. She made a shakedown and training cruise in the
Caribbean Sea, then was assigned to duty as a patrol and escort
ship operating between Key West, Florida, and Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. In June 1945, after the end of World War II in Europe had
ended the need for anti-submarine activity in the Atlantic area,
PCS-1450 was sent to the Pacific. She served in the Hawaiian
Islands from late July 1945 until the beginning of February 1946
and was converted for survey employment following her return to
the U.S. mainland. Decommissioned in August 1946, USS PCS-1450
was transferred to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. She was
stricken from the list of Naval vessels in February 1947.
This page features the only views we have concerning USS
PCS-1450.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 85164
USS PCS-1450
In San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1945-1946.
Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1977.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 485 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99209
USS PCS-1450 (left)
and
USS PCS-1405
At the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 21 August 1946, after being
converted for use by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
White outlines on PCS-1450 mark recent alterations.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 145KB; 590 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99210
USS PCS-1450 (left)
and
USS PCS-1405
At the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 21 August 1946, after being
converted for the use of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
White outlines on PCS-1405 mark recent alterations.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 153KB; 590 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99211
USS PCS-1405 (left)
and
USS PCS-1450
At the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 21 August 1946, after being
converted for the use of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
White outlines mark recent alterations, among them davits for
handling the four boats stowed on the ships' after decks.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 151KB; 590 x 765 pixels |
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