Photo. 1201061702.jpg (750×591) (navsource.org) By Bob Daly PC 1181
Laid down 29 March 1942 by George Lawley and Sons, Inc., Neponset, MA
Launched 18 July 1942
Commissioned USS PC 617, 28 August 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA
Decommissioned 16 August 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group
Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as January 1947
Named Beeville 15 February 1956
Struck from the Navy Register 5 September 1957
Sold for scrap 5 August 1958 to Ships and Power, Inc. of Miami, FL.
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 single 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks
Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines (Serial No. 832369 and 832370), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
PC 617 Took active role in South Atlantic escorts and patrol duties under Adm Ingram’s Fourth Fleet based at