Name USS PC-1129 Commissioned 3 June 1943 Construction started 23 September 1942 | Laid down 23 September 1942 Fate sunk, 31 January 1945 Launched 7 December 1942 | |
Builder Defoe Shipbuilding Company,
Bay City, Michigan Class and type PC-461-class submarine chaser | ||
USS PC-1129 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sunk by a Japanese suicide boat in January 1945 in the South China Sea.
Career
PC-1129 was launched at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan in early 1943. She was sunk on 31 January 1945 by a Japanese suicide boat off the coast of Luzon in the Philippines. PC-1129 was one of three major ships built at Defoe Shipbuilding Company that were lost during World War II that were; the others were USS Rich (DE-695) and the United States Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WPG-77).
References
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