H.T.M.S. Sarasin - ex PC 495

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PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 10 June 1941 by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA; Launched, 30 December 1941; Commissioned USS PC-495, 23 April 1942; Transferred to the Foreign Liquidation Commission, 10 May 1947;

Transferred to Thailand in 1951 as HTMS Sarasin (PC 1); Sunk as a target.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 450 t.(fl); Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 20.2 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 2,880bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler diesel engines (Serial No. 6664 and 6665), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.

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Sunk as a target during a anti ship missile test firing exercise

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a lot of penetration to explore

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