Misplaced Pages

USS PC-1642

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Patrol boat of the US Navy
History
United States
NamePC-1642
BuilderGunderson Brothers Engineering Corp., Portland
Laid down1963
Launched1964
Commissioned1965
FateTransferred to Turkish Navy
Turkey
NameSivrihisar
NamesakeSivrihisar
Identification
StatusUnknown
General characteristics
Class and type
Displacement295 tons (full load)
Length175 ft (53 m)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 x 2,400hp ALCO 169X 10AT diesel engines
  • 2 shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement59
Armament

USS PC-1642 was an PC-1638-class submarine chaser in the United States Navy during the Cold War. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Sivrihisar (P 115) of the Hisar-class patrol boat.

Construction and commissioning

PC-1642 was laid down in 1963 at Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corps., Portland, Oregon. Launched in 1964.

She was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed TCG Sivrihisar (P 115).

Further reading

References

  1. "PC-1642". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
Categories: