USS PC-815

A submarine chaser is a small and fast naval vessel specially intended for anti-submarine warfare. Although similar vessels were designed and used by many nations, this designation was most famously used by ships built by the United States of America (US). Many of the US World War I (WW I) sub-chasers found their way to friendly powers by way of Lend-Lease in World War II (WW II). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Naval redirects here. ... For other uses, see Ship (disambiguation). ... “A/S” redirects here. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The Lend-Lease program was a program of the United States during World War II that allowed the United States to provide the Allied Powers with war material without becoming directly involved in the war. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

U.S. Submarine chasers

United States submarine chasers were designed specifically to destroy German and Japanese submarines in World War I and World War II. The small 110 foot patrol craft of the design first used in World War I with the hull designator SC. Their main weapon was depth charges. They also carried machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. Larger 173 foot sub chasers used the PC hull classification symbol (for Patrol, Coastal). USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Depth Charge used by U.S. Navy later in World War II The depth charge is the oldest anti-submarine weapon. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... The United States Navy uses hull classification symbols (sometimes called hull codes) to identify the types of its ships. ...

War service

Submarine chasers were used mostly by the United States Coast Guard in World War II for destroying German U-boats that were on the coast of the United States trying to sink merchant convoys as they left. By the end of World War II, submarine chasers had sunk around 67 German U-boats. In the Pacific Theatre, Submarine chasers were used for amphibious landings, courier and escort duty.^[1][2] USCG HH-65 Dolphin USCG HH-60J JayHawk USCG HC-130H departs Mojave USCG HC-130H on International Ice Patrol duties The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is at all times a branch of the U.S. military, a maritime law enforcement agency, and a federal regulatory body. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) is the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it, in World War II. Pacific War is a more common name, around the world, for the broader conflict between the Allies and Japan... It has been suggested that Landing operation be merged into this article or section. ...

A small number of British Fairmile B Motor Launches were transferred from Canada and included as the SC-1466 class of sub-chasers.^[3] The Fairmile B motor launch was a type of Motor Launch designed by Fairmile Marine for the Royal Navy. ... Motor Launch is a small military vessel of British design. ...

Post-war

They were mostly withdrawn after World War II and replaced with corvettes, frigates, and destroyers. A few are still in service with Third World navies. French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) Canadian corvettes on antisubmarine convoy escort duty during World War II. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft. ... For the bird, see Frigatebird. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ...

Survivors

The only remaining submarine chaser with intact World War II armament is the Royal Norwegian Navy's HNoMS Hitra, which is a touring museum today. In the Netherlands there is still afloat PC1610 - a post WW2 submarine chaser. The Le Fougueux was built in 1953 to US WW2 drawings.^[4] Ranks Norwegian military ranks The Royal Norwegian Navy (often abbreviated as RNoN) is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. ... The HNoMS Hitra (Norwegian prefix KNM) is a Royal Norwegian Navy submarine chaser that saw action during World War II. She is named after the Norwegian island of Hitra. ...

See also

• List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
• Motor Launch
• Harbour Defence Motor Launch

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References

http://fougueux.nl

External links

• Subchaser Archives a site dedicated to US WW I subchasers.
• Subchasers at Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

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