USS PC-1264
USS PC 1264, New York, c. April 1944
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| Name: | USS PC-1264 |
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| Laid down: | 7 October 1943 |
| Launched: | 28 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 25 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 February 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping; extant, as of February 2008[ref] at position 40°33′21″N 74°13′02″W / 40.555899°N 74.217084°WCoordinates: 40°33′21″N 74°13′02″W / 40.555899°N 74.217084°W |
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| Class and type: | PC-461-class submarine chaser |
| Displacement: | 450 short tons (410 tonnes) |
| Length: | 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two 2,560 bhp Hooven-Owens-Rentschler RB-99DA diesel engines |
| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Complement: | 65 officers and men |
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USS PC-1264 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was one of only two U.S. Navy ships to have a predominately African-American enlisted complement during the war, the other being the Evarts-class destroyer escort USS Mason (DE-529).
PC-1264 was in service for less than two years, but the performance of her crew—and of the USS Mason's—led the U.S. Navy to reevaluate its perception of African Americans as members of the fleet. Although sold for scrapping, the ship remains at the Donjon Marine Yard in Rossville, Staten Island.
The USS PC-1264 was laid down at Consolidated Shipbuilding Company in Morris Heights, New York, on 7 October 1943 and launched on 28 November 1943. The PC-1264 was a United States Navy PC-461-class submarine chaser. This patrol class of submarine chaser was intended to intercept and destroy German U-boats stationed off the coast of the United States. Less expensive and faster to build than destroyers or even destroyer escorts, and requiring smaller crews, they quickly filled an important need for coastal convoy protection and anti-submarine warfare.
The PC-1264 was commissioned in April 1944 and decommissioned in February 1946, serving a little less than 22 months as a U.S. Navy fighting ship.
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