USS PCS-1425 in San Francisco Bay, California, c. 1945-46[1]
History
United States Navy
NameUSS PC-1425
BuilderHiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, New York
Laid down22 January 1943
RenamedUSS PCS-1425, April 1943
ReclassifiedPatrol craft sweeper (PCS), April 1943
Launched20 July 1943
Commissioned4 February 1944
FateTransferred to War Shipping Administration January 1947
History
Puget Sound Naval Academy Training Ship
OwnerPuget Sound Naval Academy
Acquired1950
General characteristics
Class and typePCS-1376-class minesweeper
Displacement252 tons
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
Propulsion
Speed14.1 knots (26.1 km/h)
Complement57
Armament

USS PCS-1425 was a United States Navy minesweeper and patrol ship in service during World War II.[1] Her keel was laid in 1943 as PC-1425, before being reclassified three months later as a "patrol craft sweeper" (PCS). After the war, the ship served as a test platform for the development of naval radios, being the first ship to demonstrate the use of an automatically aligning UHF directional antenna.[2]

In 1950, she was leased to the Puget Sound Naval Academy for use as a training ship.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Sweeper Photo Archive: PCS-1425". Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  2. ↑ Gebhard, Louis (1979). Evolution of Naval Radio-Electronics and Contributions of the Naval Research Laboratory. Naval Research Laboratory. p. 107.
  3. ↑ "Puget Sound Naval Academy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-23.


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