USS PC-1179

History
United States
Name	USS PC-1179
Builder	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down	20 September 1943
Launched	6 November 1943
Commissioned	22 January 1944
Decommissioned	13 May 1946
Renamed	USS Morris (PC-1179), 15 February 1956
Stricken	1 July 1960
Fate	Sold, 10 May 1961; scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	PC-461-class submarine chaser
Length	173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion	2 x 2,880bhp Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines (Serial No. 833299 and 833300), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
Speed	20.2 kn (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph)
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal 1 × 40 mm gun 3 × 20 mm cannons 2 × rocket launchers 4 × depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge tracks

USS PC-1179 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later renamed Morris (PC-1179) but never saw active service under that name.