USS ''PC-1168'' was a built for the

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during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. ''PC-1168'' is notable for being the ship on which the film ''

You're in the Navy Now ''You're in the Navy Now'' is a 1951 American war drama film about the United States Navy in the first months of World War II. The film was directed by Henry Hathaway and stars Gary Cooper as a new officer wanting duty at sea but who is instead a ...

'', which starred

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, was filmed in 1950. The ship was later transferred to the

Republic of China Navy The Republic of China Navy (ROCN; ), also called the ROC Navy and colloquially the Taiwan Navy, is the maritime branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF). The service was formerly commonly just called the Chinese Navy during World Wa ...

, serving from 1954 to 1970 as ROCS ''Ching Kiang'' (PC-116).

Career

''PC-1168'' was laid down on 3 April 1943 at the

Sullivan Drydock and Repair Corporation Sullivan Drydock and Repair Corporation was a shipyard located in Brooklyn, New York. It was located off 23rd Street in Greenwood Heights/ Sunset Park, in the Tebo Basin. Sullivan DD&RC built Submarine chasers (PC boats), and altered, repaired a ...

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, New York. She was launched on 3 July and commissioned 3 December 1943, one of 403 members of her class of 173-foot steel-hulled

submarine chaser A submarine chaser or subchaser is a small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. Many of the American submarine chasers used in World War I found their way to Allied nations by way of Lend-Lease in World War II. ...

s. These ships were of a flush-deck design similar to that of

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"four-piper" destroyers, but were half the size and complement of their big sisters. On 19 May 1954 she was decommissioned and transferred to the

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as ''PC-116''.

References

Sources

PC-1168 information from navsource.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:PC-1168 PC-461-class submarine chasers Ships built in Brooklyn 1943 ships World War II patrol vessels of the United States Cold War patrol vessels of the United States PC-461-class submarine chasers of the Republic of China Navy