U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX PC PCE PG PY PYC
6)PC 492 PATROL CRAFT
Photo. 1201049201.jpg (750×391) (navsource.org) PC 492 as PC 105 in Chinese Navy
Specifications:
Displacement 280 t.(lt), 450 t.(fl)
Length: 173,8" ft
Beam: 23"ft
Draft: 10' 10" ft
Speed 20.2 kts.
Complement 65.
Laid down, 25 June 1941 by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA
Launched, 29 December 1941
Commissioned USS PC-492, 5 May 1942
Decommissioned 13 February 1946 at Subic Bay, Philippines
Transferred to Taiwan 30 June 1948 as Fu Kiang (PC 105)
Struck from the Navy Register 16 December 1970. Fate unknown.
Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, and two depth charge tracks.
Propulsion two 2,880 bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines (Serial No.6674 and 6675), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts. PC-491 Class Submarine Chaser: Was attached to Adm Ingram’s Fourth Fleet based at Recife Brazil having an active role in several patrols and escorting convoy duties.
