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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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VESSEL_NAME: H.T.M.S. Sarasin - ex PC 495
VESSEL_NATIONALITY: Thai Navy Warship
TYPE_OF_VESSEL: Submarine Chaser
DEPTH_WRECK: 34
DEPTH_SEABED: 42
LOCATION: 4 hours offshore from Satahip Bay, Chonburi Province
GPS_NORTH: UNKNOWN
GPS_EAST: UNKNOWN
WRECK_LENGTH: 173ft
WRECK_WIDTH: 23ft
WRECK_TONS: 450
WRECK_PROPS: 2
BOTTOM_CONDITION: sand
SENDER_EMAIL: deepdive@loxinfo.co.th
SENDER_DIVESHOP_EMAIL:
SENDER_DIVESHOP_URL: www.thaiwreckdiver.com
HOW_WRECK_SUNK:
Sunk as a target during a anti ship missile test firing exercise
WRECK_DOING_WHAT:
OTHER_INFORMATION:
a lot of penetration to explore
DIVE_TEAM_NAME_EMAILMore information and pictures online at http://www.astralpublishing.com/model-boat-plans.html
All information on this page courtesy of www.navsource.org
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.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/010495.htm
VESSEL_NAME: H.T.M.S. Sarasin - ex PC 495
VESSEL_NATIONALITY: Thai Navy Warship
TYPE_OF_VESSEL: Submarine Chaser
DEPTH_WRECK: 34
DEPTH_SEABED: 42
LOCATION: 4 hours offshore from Satahip Bay, Chonburi Province
GPS_NORTH: UNKNOWN
GPS_EAST: UNKNOWN
WRECK_LENGTH: 173ft
WRECK_WIDTH: 23ft
WRECK_TONS: 450
WRECK_PROPS: 2
BOTTOM_CONDITION: sand
SENDER_EMAIL: deepdive@loxinfo.co.th
SENDER_DIVESHOP_EMAIL:
SENDER_DIVESHOP_URL: www.thaiwreckdiver.com
HOW_WRECK_SUNK: Sunk as a target during a anti ship missile test firing exercise
WRECK_DOING_WHAT:
OTHER_INFORMATION:
a lot of penetration to explore
DIVE_TEAM_NAME_EMAILMore information and pictures online at http://www.astralpublishing.com/model-boat-plans.html