USS PCS-1425
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States Navy | |
| Name | USS PC-1425 |
| Builder | Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, New York |
| Laid down | 22 January 1943 |
| Renamed | USS PCS-1425, April 1943 |
| Reclassified | Patrol craft sweeper (PCS), April 1943 |
| Launched | 20 July 1943 |
| Commissioned | 4 February 1944 |
| Fate | Transferred to War Shipping Administration January 1947 |
| History | |
| Puget Sound Naval Academy Training Ship | |
| Owner | Puget Sound Naval Academy |
| Acquired | 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | PCS-1376-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 252 tons |
| Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14.1 knots (26.1 km/h) |
| Complement | 57 |
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USS PCS-1425 was a United States Navy minesweeper and patrol ship in service during World War II.[1] Her keel was laid in 1943 as PC-1425, before being reclassified three months later as a "patrol craft sweeper" (PCS). After the war, the ship served as a test platform for the development of naval radios, being the first ship to demonstrate the use of an automatically aligning UHF directional antenna.[2]
In 1947, she was leased to the Puget Sound Naval Academy for use as a training ship.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Gebhard, Louis (1979). Evolution of Naval Radio-Electronics and Contributions of the Naval Research Laboratory. Naval Research Laboratory. p. 107.
- ↑ "Puget Sound Naval Academy". CWLindenberg. Archived from the original on 23 February 2005.
External links
[edit]- Photo gallery of USS PCS-1425 at NavSource Naval History
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