Allied Warships

USS PC-551 (PC-551)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-551 
Built byLeatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down22 Jul 1941 
Launched12 Apr 1942 
Commissioned15 May 1942 
End service19 Oct 1944 
History

Transferred to France on 19 October 1944 being renamed Mameluck (P 614).

 

Commands listed for USS PC-551 (PC-551)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.(jg) Ralph Grimes Coburn, Jr., USNR15 May 1942Late 1942
2Robert W. Steel, USNRLate 1942Late 1943
3J F Turnbull, Jr., USNRLate 1943Mid 1944
4J F Webster, Jr., USNRMid 194419 Oct 1944

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