USS PC-565
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 United States
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| Name: | USS PC-565 |
| Builder: | Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, TX |
| Laid down: | 14 August 1941 |
| Launched: | 27 February 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 25 May 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 April 1946 |
| Renamed: | Gilmer (PC-565), 15 February 1956 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1960 |
| Fate: | sold to Venezuela, c. 1960 |
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 Venezuela
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| Name: | ARV Alcatras |
| Acquired: | c. 1960 |
| Fate: | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | PC-461-class submarine chaser |
| Displacement: | 295 tons fully loaded |
| Length: | 175 ft (53 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 2,880bhp Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial Nos 832229 & 832230) |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Complement: | 59 |
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USS PC-565 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later renamed Gilmer (PC-565) but never saw active service under that name.
PC-565 was laid down by Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas on 14 August 1941 and launched on 27 February 1942, sponsored by Miss Jacqueline B. Perry. USS PC-565 was commissioned on 25 May 1942 with Lt. Walter T. Flynn in command.
After shakedown off Florida, PC-565 engaged in anti-submarine warfare training, then performed convoy escort and patrol duty in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
On 2 June, while escorting a southbound convoy from New York to Cuba, soundman Cisco Reeh made underwater sound contact and PC-565 immediately attacked. After PC-565 dropped a depth charge barrage the German submarine U-521 surfaced to be met with 20 mm gunfire. Several hits were scored, and the enemy U-boat went under only to be met with another depth charge barrage. Large oil slicks and debris resulted, proving the destruction of the German U-boat. The only survivor of the 52 men aboard, Captain Klaus Bargsten, was rescued by PC-565 and his testimony substantiated PC-565's victory.
Departing New York on 25 March 1944, PC-565 sailed to England where she joined the amphibious forces in preparation for the D-Day landings. On 4 June she sailed from England arriving off the Normandy beaches 2 days later. There she performed ASW patrols, antiaircraft defense, and shuttle control duties.
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