USS PC-565

History
United States
Name	USS PC-565
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, TX
Laid down	14 August 1941
Launched	27 February 1942
Commissioned	25 May 1942
Decommissioned	26 April 1946
Renamed	Gilmer (PC-565), 15 February 1956
Stricken	1 July 1960
Fate	Sold to Venezuela, c. 1960
History
Venezuela
Name	ARV Alcatras
Acquired	c. 1960
Fate	unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	PC-461-class submarine chaser
Displacement	295 tons fully loaded
Length	175 ft (53 m)[1]
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion	2 2,880bhp Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial Nos 832229 & 832230)
Speed	20 knots
Complement	59
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal dual purpose gun 1 × 40 mm gun 3 × 20 mm cannons 2 × rocket launchers 4 × depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge tracks

USS PC-565 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later renamed Gilmer (PC-565) but never saw active service under that name.