Allied Warships

USS PC-487 (PC-487)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-487 
Built byConsolidated Shipbuilding Corp. (Morris Heights, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered26 Dec 1940 
Laid down6 Dec 1941 
Launched28 Feb 1942 
Commissioned2 Jun 1942 
End service24 Jun 1947 
History

Decommissioned on 24 July 1947
Stricken on 1 July 1960
Sold to Venezuela in 1960

 

Commands listed for USS PC-487 (PC-487)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.(jg) Robert Percy Baruch, USNR2 Jun 19421943 ?
2Lt.(jg) Wallace Gordon Cornell, USNR1943 ?Mid 1943
3A P Bryant, USNRMid 1943Mid 1944
4J W Harrington, USNRMid 1944Late 1944
5J M Wilson, Jr., USNRLate 1944Mid 1945
6J J Secco, USNRMid 1945

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