USS PC-1261

USS PC-1261
Uss pc-815 1.jpg
USS PC-815, a similar PC-416 class submarine chaser
Career (United States)
Name: USS PC-1261
Builder: Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company,
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down: 20 November 1942
Launched: 28 February 1943
Commissioned: May 1943
Fate: sunk by shellfire off the coast of Normandy, 6 June 1944
Struck: 29 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and type: PC-461-class submarine chaser
Displacement: 280 long tons (280 t) (light)
450 long tons (460 t) (full)
Length: 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam: 23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft: 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Installed power: 5,760 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion: 2 × Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines
1 × Westinghouse single reduction gear
2 × shafts
Speed: 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement: 65
Armament: 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal dual purpose gun, 1 × 40 mm gun, 3 × 20 mm cannons, 2 × rocket launchers, 4 × depth charge throwers, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS PC-1261 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She is notable for being the first ship sunk during the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, when she was hit by shellfire from German shore batteries.

Career

PC-1261 was laid down on 20 November 1942 by the Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and launched on 28 February 1943. She was commissioned in May 1943 and was sent to Europe and participated in the Normandy Landings.

On 6 June 1944, PC-1261 led the first wave of landing crafts. While en route to the beach, she was struck by an artillery shell and foundered. She was the first ship sunk on D-Day.

External links

v · d · ePC-461-class submarine chaser

Coordinates: 49°30′N 01°10′W / 49.5°N 1.167°W / 49.5; -1.167


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