Allied Warships

USS PC-782 (PC-782)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-782 
Built byCommercial Iron Works (Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.) 
Ordered27 Feb 1942 
Laid down26 Nov 1942 
Launched31 Dec 1942 
Commissioned19 Jul 1943 
End serviceOct 1949 
History

Decommissioned in October 1949
Stricken on 1 April 1959
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 14 September 1959

 

Commands listed for USS PC-782 (PC-782)

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CommanderFromTo
1Milfred W Thomas, USNR19 Jul 1943Mid 1944
2R F Brandt, Jr., USNRMid 1944Early 1945
3Lt.(jg) Robert L Essick, USNREarly 1945Mid 1945
4J E Ferguson, Jr., USNRMid 1945

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Notable events involving PC-782 include:


6 Apr 1945
At 1115X/6, USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN) ended her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbor. She was escorted in by USS PC-782 (Lt.(jg) R.L. Essick, USNR) which had joined at 0626X/6.

19 Apr 1945
Around 1335VW/19, USS Dragonet (T/Capt. J.H. Lewis, USN) and USS Spikefish (T/Lt.Cdr. R.R. Managhan, USN) departed from Pearl Harbor for their 2nd war patrol and 3rd war patrols respectively. Before proceeding to their patrol areas were to call at Guam for voyage repairs and to top off with fuel and provisions. On their departure from Pearl Harbour they were escorted by USS PC-782 (Lt.(jg) R.L. Essick, USNR) until 1930W/19.

13 May 1945
During 13/14 May 1945, the following submarines conducted tactical exercises off Pearl Harbour; USS Dace (T/Cdr. O.R. Cole, Jr., USN), USS Lapon (T/Lt.Cdr. D.G. Baer, USN), USS Redfin (T/Lt.Cdr. C.K. Miller, USN), USS Devilfish (T/Lt.Cdr. S.S. Mann, Jr., USN), USS Manta (T/Lt.Cdr. E.P. Madley, USN) and USS Thornback (T/Cdr. E.P. Abrahamson, USN).

They were attacking a dummy convoy of 13 (other source says 16) transports which were escorted by the destroyer USS Chew (Lt.Cdr. J.J. Mannion, USNR), destroyer minelayer USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), destroyer escorts USS Whitman (Lt. E.A. Sandor, USNR), USS Coolbaugh (Lt.Cdr. S.T. Hotchkiss, USNR), USS Darby (Lt.Cdr. M.W. Martin, USNR) and USS PC-782 (Lt.(jg) R.L. Essick, USNR).


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