 USS PC 1264, New York, c. April 1944
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS PC-1264 |
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| Laid down | 7 October 1943 |
| Launched | 28 November 1943 |
| Commissioned | 25 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 7 February 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping; extant, as of February 2008[ref] at position 40°33′21″N 74°13′02″W / 40.555899°N 74.217084°W |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | PC-461-class submarine chaser |
| Displacement | 450 short tons (410 tonnes) |
| Length | 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Propulsion | Two 1,280 bhp Hooven-Owens-Rentschler RB-99DA diesel engines, 2,560 bhp total |
| Speed | 19 knots |
| Complement | 65 officers and enlisted |
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USS PC-1264 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was one of only two U.S. Navy ships to have a predominantly African-American enlisted complement during the war, the other being the Evarts-class destroyer escort USS Mason.
PC-1264 was in service for less than two years, but the performance of her crew—and of USS Mason's—led the U.S. Navy to reevaluate its perception of African Americans as members of the fleet. Although sold for scrapping, the ship remains at the Donjon Marine Yard in Rossville, Staten Island, New York.