USS PC-1129

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.

History
United States
Name: USS PC-1129
Builder:
Laid down: 23 September 1942[1]
Launched: 7 December 1942[1]
Commissioned: 3 June 1943 [1]
Fate: sunk, 31 January 1945
General characteristics
Class and type: PC-461-class submarine chaser

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).

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.



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