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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS PCS-1424, 1943-1946
USS PCS-1424, a 136-foot submarine chaser built at Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, was commissioned in December 1943. She served in the
Atlantic coast area for the remainder of World War II and into
the first year of the post-war era. Decommissioned in April 1946,
PCS-1424 was stricken from the Navy list the next month
and sold via the U.S. Maritime Commission in November 1946.
This page features our only views of USS PCS-1424.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 96491
USS PCS-1424
Photographed by her builder, Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, on 24 November 1943.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 131KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97492
USS PCS-1424
Probably photographed by her builder, Burger Boat Company, at
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on 24 November 1943.
Note that she is fitted with Mousetrap anti-submarine rocket
launchers forward.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 111KB; 740 x 585 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 85433
USS PCS-1424
Photographed circa November 1943.
Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1977.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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