USS PC-603

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Following a month at San Pedro, Calif., she headed south along the coast on 15 June and transited the Panama Canal at the end of the month. ''PC-603'' continued her voyage and made Norfolk, Va., on 8 July. On 29 August, she departed Norfolk in the tow of Kiowa (''AT F-72'') and reached Philadelphia the following evening to begin duty in the 4th Naval District. On 8 January 1947, ''PC-603'' was decommissioned at Philadelphia and was placed in service with the Naval Reserve Training Program. Operating along the length of the eastern seaboard and occasionally in the Caribbean Sea, the submarine chaser continued this assignment until October 1949. On the 15th, she was assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet ; and, on the 26th, she reported to the Norfolk Group. On 1 February 1956, ''PC-603'' was named Solvay. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 July 1960, and the disposal of her hulk was approved on 15 March 1961.
Following a month at San Pedro, Calif., she headed south along the coast on 15 June and transited the Panama Canal at the end of the month. ''PC-603'' continued her voyage and made Norfolk, Va., on 8 July. On 29 August, she departed Norfolk in the tow of Kiowa (''AT F-72'') and reached Philadelphia the following evening to begin duty in the 4th Naval District. On 8 January 1947, ''PC-603'' was decommissioned at Philadelphia and was placed in service with the Naval Reserve Training Program. Operating along the length of the eastern seaboard and occasionally in the Caribbean Sea, the submarine chaser continued this assignment until October 1949. On the 15th, she was assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet ; and, on the 26th, she reported to the Norfolk Group. On 1 February 1956, ''PC-603'' was named Solvay. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 July 1960, and the disposal of her hulk was approved on 15 March 1961.
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==Known Crew==
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*Commander P.M. Flagg, Captain
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*Higgins, Executive Officer
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*Chief Machininist Mate McFarland (member of the ''PC-603's'' nucleus crew)
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*First Class Machininist Mate Endicott (member of the ''PC-603's'' nucleus crew)
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*Second Class Machinist Mate [[Carl LeRoy Wilhelm|C. L. Wilhelm]]
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Revision as of 15:16, 12 April 2009

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