USS PC-603
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{{Infobox ship | {{Infobox ship | ||
| - | |image= | + | |image=PC603.jpg|300px |
| - | |caption= | + | |caption=USS PC-603, a PC-461 class submarine chaser |
|name=USS PC-603 | |name=USS PC-603 | ||
|builder=Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY | |builder=Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY | ||
| - | |laid down= | + | |laid down=9 May 1942 |
| - | |launched= | + | |launched=30 June 1942 |
|sponsor=Mrs. J. H. Keatley | |sponsor=Mrs. J. H. Keatley | ||
| - | |commissioned= | + | |commissioned=1 October 1942 |
| - | |decommissioned= | + | |decommissioned=8 January 1947 |
| - | |struck= | + | |struck=1 July 1960 |
|reinstated= | |reinstated= | ||
| - | |renamed=USS Solvay, | + | |renamed=USS Solvay, 15 February 1956 |
|honours= | |honours= | ||
|fate= | |fate= | ||
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'''USS ''PC-603''''' was a '''PC-461 class''' subchaser assigned to the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet during World War II. | '''USS ''PC-603''''' was a '''PC-461 class''' subchaser assigned to the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet during World War II. | ||
| - | The ''PC-603'' was laid down on [[May 9]], [[1942]] at the [[Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.]], | + | The ''PC-603'' was laid down on [[May 9]], [[1942]] at the [[Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.]], Morris Heights, New York. She was launched [[June 30]] sponsored by Mrs. J. H. Keatley; and was commissioned on [[October 1]], [[1942]]. |
During October and November of 1942, ''PC-603'' conducted shakedown in the Atlantic along the southeastern coast of the United States and escorted coastal convoys between the Virginia Capes and Key West, Fla. She visited Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 29 November and Kingston, Jamaica, on the following day, before heading for Panama, The submarine chaser transited the canal on 5 December, stopped at San Diego from the 13th to the 18th, and reported for duty to the Commander, Northwestern Sea Frontier, at Seattle, Wash., on the 21st. | During October and November of 1942, ''PC-603'' conducted shakedown in the Atlantic along the southeastern coast of the United States and escorted coastal convoys between the Virginia Capes and Key West, Fla. She visited Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 29 November and Kingston, Jamaica, on the following day, before heading for Panama, The submarine chaser transited the canal on 5 December, stopped at San Diego from the 13th to the 18th, and reported for duty to the Commander, Northwestern Sea Frontier, at Seattle, Wash., on the 21st. | ||
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*Commander P.M. Flagg, Captain | *Commander P.M. Flagg, Captain | ||
*Higgins, Executive Officer | *Higgins, Executive Officer | ||
| + | *Ensign Hooper | ||
*Chief Machinist's Mate McFarland (member of the ''PC-603's'' nucleus crew) | *Chief Machinist's Mate McFarland (member of the ''PC-603's'' nucleus crew) | ||
*First Class Machinist's Mate Endicott (member of the ''PC-603's'' nucleus crew) | *First Class Machinist's Mate Endicott (member of the ''PC-603's'' nucleus crew) | ||
*Second Class Machinist's Mate [[Carl LeRoy Wilhelm|C. L. Wilhelm]] | *Second Class Machinist's Mate [[Carl LeRoy Wilhelm|C. L. Wilhelm]] | ||
| + | *Dodd | ||
| + | *Stone | ||
| + | *Price | ||
| - | == | + | ==Images== |
| - | + | <gallery caption="Crew of the USS PC-603"> | |
| + | Image:CdrFlagg.jpg|Commander Flagg | ||
| + | Image:Price_McFarland.png|Price and Chief McFarland | ||
| + | Image:McFarland_Hooper.png|Chief McFarland and Ensign Hooper | ||
| + | Image:Endicott.png|Endicott | ||
| + | Image:Dodd.png|Dodd | ||
| + | Image:Stone.png|Stone | ||
| + | Image:Roy Wilhelm Portland OR.jpg|[[Carl LeRoy Wilhelm|Roy Wilhelm]] | ||
| + | Image:PC603 crew.jpg|Crew of the '''USS PC-603''', year unknown | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | <gallery caption="USS PC-603 in action"> | ||
| + | Image:PC-603_Baja.jpg|The bow of PC-603 under way off the coast of Baja California | ||
| + | Image:PC-603_Neah_1.png|PC-603 with iced rigging at Neah Bay, Washington | ||
| + | Image:PC-603_Neah_2.png|PC-603 with iced rigging at Neah Bay, Washington | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/010603.htm Technical and historical information about USS ''PC-603''] from www.navsource.org | ||
| + | *[http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8580.html Listing for ''PC-603''] at uboat.net | ||
| + | {{CLW Navy Career}} | ||
[[Category:Ships|PC-603]] | [[Category:Ships|PC-603]] | ||
