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 & type | PC-461-class submarine chaser |
| Displacement | 295 tons fully loaded |
| Length | 175 ft (53 m) |
| 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 |
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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.