USS PC-1181
USS PC-1181 off the coast of Belize, British Honduras before being decommissioned and named Wildwood | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS PC-1181 |
| Builder | Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Florida |
| Cost | $1,600,000 |
| Laid down | 5 October 1942 |
| Launched | 15 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 17 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 18 August 1946 |
| Renamed | 15 February 1956 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1959 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | PC-461-class submarine chaser |
| Displacement | 280 tons (light), 295 tons (full) |
| Length | 175 feet (53 meters) |
| Beam | 23 feet (7.0 meters) |
| Draft | 10 feet 10 inches (3.30 meters) |
| Installed power | 2 × Buda 844 six-cylinder diesels powering 60 KW — 120 volt DC generators |
| Propulsion | 2 × Hamilton R-99DA diesel engines |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Endurance | 3,000 nautical miles @ 12 knots (5,600 km @ 22 km/h) |
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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.