USS Castine (IX-211)

USS Castine (IX-211)

USS "Castine" (IX-211) was a ship in the United States Navy. She was originally named "PC-452", a submarine chaser.

"PC-452" was laid down on 14 March 1940 at the DeFoe Boat and Motor Works in Bay City, Michigan, as Hull #167, under the Experimental Small Craft program of 17 May 1938. She was launched on 23 August 1941 and towed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard to be fitted out with boilers; and commissioned as USS "PC-452" on 1 May 1944.

"PC-452" was to be used as a steam turbine test bed hull, while "PC-451", also an experimental ship built at Defoe, used diesel electric drive. Originally called "X-Boats," they differed in detail and were listed as 165 footers, even though they were 173 feet long.

"PC-452" was reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-211, and named "Castine" on 10 March 1945 for the town in Maine. "Castine" was decommissioned on 3 October 1945; struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal in January 1947. Her ultimate fate is unknown.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c4/castine-ii.htm

External links

* [http://www.navsource.org www.navsource.org]


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