Allied Warships

USS PC-1253 (PC-1253)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-1253 
Built byBrown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered15 Apr 1942 
Laid down11 Jun 1942 
Launched14 Oct 1942 
Commissioned1 Apr 1943 
End service 
History

 

Commands listed for USS PC-1253 (PC-1253)

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CommanderFromTo
1Robert Claude Wing, USNR1 Apr 1943Mid/late43
2John E. Tobin, USNRMid/late43Mid 1944
3J P Ondek, USNRMid 1944Early 1945
4R B Bell, USNREarly 1945Mid/late45
5E. H. Mairs, USNRMid/late45Late 1945

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Notable events involving PC-1253 include:


6 Jul 1943
USS PC-1253 picks up 24 survivors from the Dutch merchant Poelau Roebiah that was torpedoed and sunk by U-759 about 13 miles east of Morant Point, Jamaica in position 17°56'N, 75°57'W.


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