USS PC-1129
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 United States
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| Name: | USS PC-1129 |
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| Laid down: | 23 September 1942[1] |
| Launched: | 7 December 1942[1] |
| Commissioned: | 3 June 1943 [1] |
| Fate: | sunk, 31 January 1945 |
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| Class & 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
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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Coordinates: 14°03′N 120°18′E / 14.05°N 120.30°E
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