USS PC-603
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'''USS ''PC-603''''' was a '''PC-461 class''' subchaser assigned to the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet during World War II. | '''USS ''PC-603''''' was a '''PC-461 class''' subchaser assigned to the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet during World War II. | ||
| - | The ''PC-603'' was laid down on [[May 9]], [[1942]] at the [[Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.]], | + | The ''PC-603'' was laid down on [[May 9]], [[1942]] at the [[Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.]], Morris Heights, New York. She was launched [[June 30]] sponsored by Mrs. J. H. Keatley; and was commissioned on [[October 1]], [[1942]]. |
During October and November of 1942, ''PC-603'' conducted shakedown in the Atlantic along the southeastern coast of the United States and escorted coastal convoys between the Virginia Capes and Key West, Fla. She visited Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 29 November and Kingston, Jamaica, on the following day, before heading for Panama, The submarine chaser transited the canal on 5 December, stopped at San Diego from the 13th to the 18th, and reported for duty to the Commander, Northwestern Sea Frontier, at Seattle, Wash., on the 21st. | During October and November of 1942, ''PC-603'' conducted shakedown in the Atlantic along the southeastern coast of the United States and escorted coastal convoys between the Virginia Capes and Key West, Fla. She visited Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 29 November and Kingston, Jamaica, on the following day, before heading for Panama, The submarine chaser transited the canal on 5 December, stopped at San Diego from the 13th to the 18th, and reported for duty to the Commander, Northwestern Sea Frontier, at Seattle, Wash., on the 21st. | ||
