USS PC-542

USS PC-542

USS "PC-542" was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, on 26 February 1942; launched on 4 April 1942; and commissioned on 25 May 1942.

After commissioning, "PC-542" ran convoys to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before sailing for the Mediterranean, arriving in Arzew, Algeria. She participated in the invasions of Scoglihi, Brollo, Salerno, and Anzio in Italy; and in Operation Dragoon--the invasion of Southern France.

On 30 September 1944, "PC-542" was transferred to France under Lend-Lease, where she served as "Tirailleur" and was credited with shooting down 2 German planes in the Mediterranean.

She was condemned by the French Navy in 1957.


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