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Susanville (PC 1149)
ex-PC-1149



Call sign:
November - Hotel - Alpha - Mike


Susanville served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.
PC-553 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 6 November 1943 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan
  • Launched 11 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS PC-1149, 22 June 1944
  • Decommissioned, 20 February 1947 at Astoria, Oregon and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
    Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as January 1947
  • Named Susanville 15 February 1956
  • Transferred on loan to Taiwan 16 July 1957 under the Security Assistance Program and renamed Hsi Kiang (PC 120)
  • Struck from the Navy Register 15 April 1976
  • Transferred from Taiwanese Navy to the Taiwanese Customs Service 30 June 1972
  • Sold outright to Taiwan 1 May 1976
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 280 t.(lt), 450 t.(fl)
  • Length 173' 8"
  • Beam 23'
  • Draft 10' 10"
  • Speed 20.2 kts.
  • Complement 65
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectors, and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,440bhp General Motors 16-278A diesel engines (Serial No. 14273 and 14280), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    USS PC-1149
    Susanville 56k . Bob Daly/PC-1181
    Hsi Kiang (PC 120)
    PC-120 31k . Chinese Navy
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