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Patrol Craft

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Ships of the Royal Thai Navy

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PC-461 (U.S. Navy) class,  Patrol Crafts

Displacement: 280 tons full load
Dimensions: (157 x 23 x 10 feet)
Propulsion: 2 Fairbanks Morse 38D8 Diesels, 2'000 bhp
Speed: 20 kts Shaft: 2 shafts
Crew: 6 Officer 53 Enlisted Range: 3,000 nautical miles at 12 knots
Armament:

1 x 3-inch/ 50 Dual Purpose

1 x 40mm Bofors

3 x 20mm Oerlikon

2 or 4 K-guns

1 x Mousetrap Racks with 16 forward firing rockets

Builder:

PC-495, PC-575,  Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA

PC-570, Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland, OR

PC-609, PC-1253, Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX

PC-616, George Lawley and Sons, Inc., Neponset, MA

PC-1185 Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL

PC-1218, Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT

Design:

US PC-461 class

Ships:

PC-1 HTMS Sarasin 

PC-3 HTMS Khamronsin 

PC-5 HTMS Sukiep 

PC-7 HTMS Liulom 

PC-461

PC-2 HTMS Thayanchon

PC-4 HTMS Phali 

PC-6 HTMS Tongpliu 

PC-8 HTMS Longlom 

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PC-1 HTMS Sarasin

Ex. USS PC-495
Laid down: 10 June 1941  
Launched: 30 December 1941  
Commissioned RTN 10 May 1947  
Decommissioned RTN ?  
Sunk as a target.
 

PC-2 HTMS Thayanchon

Ex. USS PC-575
Laid down: 24 February 1942  
Launched: 5 May 1942  
Commissioned RTN March 1947  
Decommissioned RTN    
 

PC-3 HTMS Khamronsin 

Ex. USS PC-609
Laid down: 8 January 1942
Launched: 30 May 1942
Commissioned RTN 10 May 1947
Decommissioned RTN 1956.  ????
 

PC-4 HTMS Phali 

Ex. USS  PC-1185
Laid down: 26 March 1943
Launched: 27 August 1943
Commissioned RTN 1947
Decommissioned RTN
 

PC-5 HTMS Sukiep

Ex. USS PC-1218
Laid down: 2 July 1943
Launched: 24 October 1943
Commissioned RTN 7 June 1948
Decommissioned RTN 1991
PC-5 was placed in reserve and struck in 1991
 

PC-6 HTMS Tongpliu

Ex. USS PC-616
Laid down: 27 February 1942
Launched: 4 July 1942
Commissioned RTN 1952
Decommissioned RTN 1993
 

PC-7 HTMS Liulom

Ex. USS PC-1253
Laid down: 11 June 1942
Launched: 14 October 1942
Commissioned RTN 1951
Decommissioned RTN
 

PC-8 HTMS Longlom

Ex. USS PC-570
Laid down: 11 September 1941
Launched: 5 January 1942
Commissioned RTN 1952
Decommissioned RTN
 

PC-461

Ex. USS PC-461
Laid down: 9 August 1941
Launched: 24 January 1942
Commissioned RTN 10 May 1947
Decommissioned RTN May 1947
Lost in a typhoon at Manila Bay shortly after purchase in May 1947
 

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