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"PCS" submarine-chasers (1943-1945)

PCS1386 1943

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
PCS1376 2.1956- Winder   Wheeler, Brooklyn 10.1942 3.4.1943 9.1943 TS 6.1947, stricken 9.1957
PCS1377     Wheeler, Brooklyn 2.1943 14.10.1943 1.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1378 2.1956- Provincetown   Wheeler, Brooklyn 2.1943 18.12.1943 2.1944 stricken 9.1957
PCS1379, 8.1945- PCS(C)1379     Wheeler, Brooklyn 2.1943 4.2.1944 3.1944 stricken 1946?
PCS1380 2.1956- Rushville   Wheeler, Brooklyn 2.1943 25.2.1944 3.1944 stricken 9.1957
PCS1381     Wheeler, Brooklyn 1943 1944 4.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1382     Wheeler, Brooklyn 3.1943 16.3.1944 5.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1383 2.1956- Attica   Wheeler, Brooklyn 3.1943 23.6.1944 8.1944 TS 7.1947, stricken 7.1956
PCS1384 2.1956- Eufala   Wheeler, Brooklyn 4.1943 7.8.1944 9.1944 stricken 1957?
PCS1385 2.1956- Hollidaysburg   Wheeler, Brooklyn 5.1943 26.8.1944 10.1944 stricken 7.1970
PCS1386 2.1956- Hampton   Wheeler, Brooklyn 5.1943 28.9.1944 11.1944 stricken 7.1959
PCS1387 2.1956- Beaufort   Wheeler, Brooklyn 5.1943 10.10.1944 11.1944 stricken 7.1967
PCS1388     Robert Jacob, New York 12.1942 17.7.1943 12.1943 survey vessel AGS7 Littlehales 2.1945
PCS1389, 8.1945- PCS(C)1389     Robert Jacob, New York 2.1943 18.9.1943 1.1944 stricken 1946?
PCS1390, 8.1945- PCS(C)1390     Robert Jacob, New York 3.1943 13.9.1943 2.1944 damaged 6.4.1945, never repaired?
PCS1391, 8.1945- PCS(C)1391     Robert Jacob, New York 3.1943 8.10.1943 2.1944 disposed 4.1948
PCS1392 2.1956- Deming   Robert Jacob, New York 4.1943 13.10.1943 3.1944 stricken 1957?
PCS1393     Robert Jacob, New York 5.1943 26.2.1944 6.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS446
PCS1394     Robert Jacob, New York 6.1943 18.3.1944 6.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS447
PCS1395     Robert Jacob, New York 6.1943 27.3.1944 7.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS448
PCS1396     South Coast, Newport Beach 1943 7.8.1943 3.1944 survey vessel AGS8 Dutton 3.1945
PCS1397     South Coast, Newport Beach 5.1943 25.9.1943 5.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1398     South Coast, Newport Beach 6.1943 29.2.1944 7.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS449
PCS1399     South Coast, Newport Beach 8.1943 15.4.1944 11.1944 to Philippines 1.1948 (Tarlac)
PCS1400, 9.1947- AMS59 2/1956- Coquille   South Coast, Newport Beach 9.1943 20.5.1944 1.1945 minesweeper 9.1947, stricken 7.1956
PCS1401 2.1956- McMinnville   South Coast, Newport Beach 1943 22.7.1944 2.1945 TS 6.1955, stricken 8.1962
PCS1402, 8.1945- PCS(C)1402     Colberg, Stockton 3.1943 11.8.1943 1.1944 stricken 1946?
PCS1403, 8.1945- PCS(C)1403     Colberg, Stockton 4.1943 28.9.1943 2.1944 to Philippines 1.1948 (Laguna)
PCS1404     Colberg, Stockton 1943 12.11.1943 3.1944 survey vessel AGS9 Amistead Rust 3.1945
PCS1405     Greenport Basin 5.1943 21.8.1943 2.1944 survey vessel Bowie 8.1946
PCS1406     Greenport Basin 7.1943 2.10.1943 6.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS453
PCS1407     Greenport Basin 8.1943 23.10.1943 6.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS454
PCS1408     Greenport Basin 8.1943 13.11.1943 7.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS455
PCS1409     Greenport Basin 10.1943 11.12.1943 8.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS456
PCS1410     Greenport Basin 11.1943 8.1.1944 9.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS457
PCS1411     Greenport Basin 12.1943 12.2.1944 10.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS458
PCS1412     Greenport Basin 1.1944 8.4.1944 10.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS459
PCS1413 2.1956- Elsmore   Stadium, Cleveland 1.1943 21.8.1943 11.1943 stricken 1957?
PCS1414     Stadium, Cleveland 2.1943 14.9.1943 11.1943 stricken 1957?
PCS1415     Stadium, Cleveland 6.1943 4.12.1943 5.1944 // --- completed as minesweeper YMS460
PCS1416     Stadium, Cleveland 6.1943 8.1.1944 6.1944 // --- completed as minesweeper YMS461
PCS1417     Dachel-Carter, Benton Harbor 3.1943 7.8.1943 1.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1418, 8.1945- PCS(C)1418     Dachel-Carter, Benton Harbor 4.1943 4.9.1943 2.1944 wrecked 9.10.1945
PCS1419     Dachel-Carter, Benton Harbor 6.1943 31.10.1943 3.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1420     Dachel-Carter, Benton Harbor 6.1943 20.11.1943 4.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1421, 8.1945- PCS(C)1421     William F. Stone, Oakland 5.1943 1.11.1943 2.1944 stricken 1946?
PCS1422     William F. Stone, Oakland 6.1943 24.1.1944 4.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1423 2.1956- Prescott   Burger, Manitowoc 12.1942 22.5.1943 11.1943 TS 6.1955, stricken 3.1962
PCS1424     Burger, Manitowoc 2.1943 19.6.1943 12.1943 stricken 5.1946
PCS1425     Hiltebrant, Kingston 1.1943 20.7.1943 2.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1426     Hiltebrant, Kingston 3.1943 31.8.1943 4.1944 to South Korea 1952 (수성 [Suseong])
PCS1427     Hiltebrant, Kingston 4.1943 11.10.1943 6.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS462
PCS1428     Hiltebrant, Kingston 5.1943 21.3.1944 7.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS463
PCS1429, 8.1945- PCS(C)1429     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 2.1943 16.7.1943 2.1944 stricken 1946?
PCS1430     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 2.1943 6.8.1943 3.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1431, 1950s- EPCS1431 2.1956- Grafton   Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 5.1943 2.11.1943 3.1944 TS 7.1955, stricken 7.1965
PCS1432     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 5.1943 9.12.1943 6.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS464
PCS1433     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 6.1943 4.1.1944 6.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS465
PCS1434     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 6.1943 22.1.1944 7.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS466
PCS1435     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 6.1943 22.2.1944 8.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS467
PCS1436     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 6.1943 23.3.1944 8.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS468
PCS1437     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 7.1943 17.3.1944 9.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS469
PCS1438     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 8.1943 5.4.1944 10.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS470
PCS1439     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 9.1943 23.5.1944 10.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS471
PCS1440     Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 9.1943 21.6.1944 11.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS472
PCS1441     Harbor Boat, Terminal I 2.1943 15.9.1943 4.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1442     Harbor Boat, Terminal I 3.1943 11.11.1943 5.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1443     Harbor Boat, Terminal I 5.1943 22.4.1944 8.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS473
PCS1444 2.1956- Conneaut   Harbor Boat, Terminal I 5.1943 23.5.1944 12.1944 stricken 9.1957
PCS1445     San Diego Marine 1.1943 19.6.1943 3.1944 to South Korea 5.1952 (금성 [Geumseong])
PCS1446     San Diego Marine 1.1943 21.7.1943 4.1944 to South Korea 1952 (목성 [Mokseong])
PCS1447     San Diego Marine 4.1943 23.5.1944 8.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS475
PCS1448     San Diego Marine 4.1943 14.6.1944 11.1944 to South Korea 6.1952 (화성 [Hwaseong])
PCS1449     Burger, Manitowoc 2.1943 17.7.1943 12.1943 stricken 1946?
PCS1450     Burger, Manitowoc 2.1943 14.8.1943 2.1944 survey vessel Hodgson 8.1946
PCS1451     Tacoma Boat 3.1943 3.7.1943 1.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1452, 8.1945- PCS(C)1452     Tacoma Boat 4.1943 28.8.1943 2.1944 stricken 1946?
PCS1453     Tacoma Boat 7.1943 6.11.1943 7.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS477
PCS1454     Tacoma Boat 9.1943 8.1.1944 8.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS478
PCS1455, 8.1945- PCS(C)1455     Mojean & Ericson, Tacoma 3.1943 4.9.1943 2.1944 stricken 1947?
PCS1456     Mojean & Ericson, Tacoma 4.1943 30.9.1943 7.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS479
PCS1457     Ballard, Seattle 5.1943 6.9.1943 2.1944 survey vessel AGS10 John Blish 3.1945
PCS1458     Ballard, Seattle 4.1943 6.11.1943 5.1944 // --- commissioned as survey vessel AGS6 Derickson
PCS1459     Western, Tacoma 3.1943 2.7.1943 12.1943 stricken 1947?
PCS1460, 8.1945- PCS(C)1460     Western, Tacoma 4.1943 28.8.1943 2.1944 stricken 1946?
PCS1461, 8.1945- PCS(C)1461     Bellingham Iron Wks 3.1943 15.9.1943 2.1944 wrecked 9.10.1945
PCS1462     Bellingham Iron Wks 5.1943 20.11.1943 3.1944 // --- commissioned as degaussing vessel YDG7
PCS1463     Bellingham Iron Wks 5.1943 20.11.1943 3.1944 // --- commissioned as minesweeper YMS481
PCS1464, 1.1945- AMc203 1.1945- Medrick   Astoria Marine 5.1943 11.10.1943 1.1944 minesweeper 1.1945, stricken 8.1946
PCS1465, 1.1945- AMc204 1.1945- Minah   Astoria Marine 6.1943 27.12.1943 2.1944 minesweeper 1.1945, stricken 11.1959

 

Displacement standard, t

251

Displacement full, t

278

Length, m

39.6 wl 41.5 oa

Breadth, m

7.47

Draught, m

2.36 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

presumably SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

Complement

57

   

Project history: Designing of minesweeper for protection of bases against mine danger was started after occurrence of 105-ft minesweeping boat in Britain. This ship has made good impression upon Americans, first of all by construction simplicity and cheapness. It has been decided to create for the USN the similar ship which can be built in big numbers by practically any small shipbuilder. First time they wished to built minesweeper in hull of 110-ft SC, however from similar thought rejected because of impossibility to place a diesel-generator necessary for magnetic sweep. The hull should be projected anew. For raise of seaworthiness short forecastle was provided. As well as in a case with SC, wood was chosen as construction material for building depreciation.

YMS class minesweepers were sectioned into three practically identical sub-classes, the basic difference between which consisted in number of funnels: on YMS1-134 they were two, on YMS135-445 and 481 one, and on remaining the funnel in general was absent. Britain additionally received 80 minesweepers (BYMS1-80), built specially for RN.

Shortage of submarine chasers on early war stage, has compelled naval chiefs to undertake a number of emergency measures on overcoming of this crisis. The program of building of submarine chasers in hulls of minesweepers of YMS class became one of them. In June, 1942 the order for such 100 ships has followed. It was supposed to increase at the expense of removing of a diesel-generator a stock of fuel and to raise an endurance, to install the second 76mm gun, Hedgehog and increase to 52 DC stowage. However calculations have shown, that in this case the ship was overloaded and works were limited to adding of single 40mm Bofors and Mousetrap launchers.

New chasers were unsuccessful: having 14kts speed and weakest among other ASW ships armament, they were suited for anti-submarine role a little, and the building program was begun to curtail already in the end of 1942. Only 90 ships were really ordered, subsequently building of 31 of them was cancelled Rambler's Top100  

Modernizations: 1944, PCS1377, 1378, 1380 - 1387, 1392, 1417, 1423, 1424, 1426, 1431, 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446, 1448, 1449: were converted to ASW TS: - 1 x 1 - 76/50; + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL

1944, PCS(C)1379, 1389 - 1391, 1402, 1403, 1418, 1421, 1429, 1452, 1455, 1460, 1461; were converted to amphibious command ships: - 1 x 1 - 40/56

1.1945, AMc203 Medrick, AMc204 Minah: were converted to minehunters: - 1 x 1 - 40/56, 1 x 1 - 20/70, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap ASWWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR; + FM sonar, diving equipment

1.1946, PCS: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR, SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

1.1946, ASW TS: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR, SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

1.1946, PCS(C): 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR, SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

1.1946, AMc: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, diving equipment, SF or SO or SU radar, FM sonar

Naval service: No significant events.

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