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INFORMATION ON WWII PCSs
136-FOOT, PATROL CRAFT SWEEPER
(PCS)
| Length |
136 feet |
| Beam |
24 feet, 6 inches |
| Displacement |
251 tons |
| Engines |
Two 900-bhp geared diesel
engines |
| Speed |
14 knots |
| Endurance |
3,000 nautical Miles
@ 12 knots |
| Complement |
57 |
| Armament: Main Battery |
One 3-inch/50 Dual Purpose |
| Secondary |
One 40 mm and two single
20 mm |
| Depth Charges |
Six 600-pound; 4 K-guns |
WORLD WAR II PCS PROGRAM
| Ordered |
Cancelled |
Delivered |
| 90 |
31 |
59 |
Cost each - $723,000
US NAVY CONVERSIONS (51)
- PCSC 13
removed the 40mm, replaced with bunkhouse; added radio equipment
and smoke generator racks.
Sonar-School/Training Ship 28
removed 3-inch/50, replaced with Hedgehog launcher.
AGSC (Hydrographic Survey) 4
AMC (Special Mine Hunter) 2
Dan Buoy Layer 4
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