USS PC-1181

USS PC-1181 off the coast of Belize, British Honduras before being decommissioned and named Wildwood
History
United States
NameUSS PC-1181
BuilderGibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Florida
Cost$1,600,000[1]
Laid down5 October 1942
Launched15 April 1943
Commissioned17 September 1943
Decommissioned18 August 1946
Renamed15 February 1956
Stricken1 April 1959
FateSold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and typePC-461-class submarine chaser
Displacement280 tons (light), 295 tons (full)
Length175 feet (53 meters)
Beam23 feet (7.0 meters)
Draft10 feet 10 inches (3.30 meters)
Installed power2 × Buda 844 six-cylinder diesels powering 60 KW — 120 volt DC generators[2]
Propulsion2 × Hamilton R-99DA diesel engines[2]
Speed20 knots
Endurance3,000 nautical miles @ 12 knots (5,600 km @ 22 km/h)
Complement
  • 6 officers,
  • 53 enlisted
Armament

USS PC-1181 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later renamed Wildwood (PC-1181) but never saw active service under that name.

  1. ^ a b Wild wood, retrieved 20 December 2008
  2. ^ a b Stories from the PC-1181 by Bob Daly, MoMM2/c, PC-1181, retrieved 20 December 2008