History
United States
Name USS PC-1261
Builder
Laid down 20 November 1942
Launched 28 February 1943
Commissioned May 1943
Fate Sunk by shellfire off the coast of Normandy, 6 June 1944
Stricken 29 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and type PC-461 -class submarine chaser
Displacement
280 long tons (284 t) (light)
450 long tons (457 t) (full)
Length 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam 23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Installed power 5,760 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion
2 × Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines
1 × Westinghouse single reduction gear
2 × shafts
Speed 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement 65
Armament 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal dual-purpose gun , 1 × 40 mm gun , 3 × 20 mm cannons , 2 × rocket launchers , 4 × depth charge throwers, 2 × depth charge tracks
USS PC-1261 was a PC-461 -class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was the first ship sunk during the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, when she was hit by shellfire from German shore batteries.
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D-Day: The Normandy landings through rare photographs
Career
PC-1261 was laid down on 20 November 1942 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin , and launched on 28 February 1943. She was commissioned in May 1943 and was sent to Europe and participated in the Normandy Landings .
On 6 June 1944, PC-1261 led the first wave of landing craft at Utah Beach . While en route to the beach, she was struck by an artillery shell and foundered. She was the first ship sunk on D-Day .
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Tacoma -class frigates PC-461-class submarine chasers
PC-496
<i>PC-550</i>
<i>PC-551</i>
<i>PC-588</i>
<i>PC-589</i>
<i>PC-590</i>
<i>PC-591</i>
<i>PC-821</i>
<i>PC-822</i>
PC-823
<i>PC-824</i>
<i>PC-825</i>
<i>PC-1171</i>
<i>PC-1172</i>
<i>PC-1173</i>
<i>PC-1174</i>
<i>PC-1175</i>
<i>PC-1176</i>
<i>PC-1177</i>
<i>PC-1178</i>
PC-1179 / Morris
<i>PC-1180</i>
<i>PC-1225</i>
<i>PC-1226</i>
<i>PC-1227</i>
PC-1228 / Munising
<i>PC-1229</i>
PC-1230 / Grinnell
<i>PC-1260</i>
PC-1261
<i>PC-1262</i>
<i>PC-1263</i>
<i>PC-1560</i>
<i>PC-1561</i>
<i>PC-1562</i>
<i>PC-1563</i>
<i>PC-1564</i>
<i>PC-1565</i>
<i>PC-1566</i>
<i>PC-1567</i>
<i>PC-1568</i>
<i>PC-1569</i>
Alamosa -class cargo ships
Type C1-M-AV1 ships Net laying ships
* = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Merchant
** = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Challenger
† = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Guide
# = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Defender
‡ = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Crusader
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1944
Shipwrecks
1 Jun: USS Herring
3 Jun: U-477 , WBS 2 Coburg
5 Jun: V 622 Almuth , USS Osprey
6 Jun: USS Corry , USS LCI(L)-93 , Minazuki , USS PC-1261 , HNoMS Svenner , V 421 Rauzan , HMS Wrestler
7 Jun: HMS Centurion , Empire Defiance , Hayanami , USS Susan B. Anthony , USS Tide , U-629 , U-955
8 Jun: Audacious , Harusame , James Iredell , Kazagumo , HMS Lawford , USS Rich , U-373 , U-441 , U-970 , West Grama
9 Jun: Courbet , Dover Hill , HMS Durban , Empire Bunting , Empire Flamingo , Matsukaze , USS Meredith , HNLMS Sumatra , Tanikaze , Z32 , ZH1
10 Jun: USS Glennon , Innsbruck , Mistral , Ro-111 , U-821
11 Jun: USS Partridge , Ro-42 , U-980
12 Jun: Kainan Maru , HMS Sickle , U-490 , V 206 Otto Bröhan , V 212 Friedrich Busse
13 Jun: HMS Boadicea , I-33 , Ro-36 , U-715
14 Jun: USS Golet
15 Jun: HMS Blackwood , M 507 , PA 1 , PA 2 , Shiratsuyu , U-860 , U-987 , V 202 Franz Westermann
16 Jun: I-6 , Ro-44 , U-998
17 Jun: Ro-114 , Ro-117
18 Jun: Albert C. Field , U-767
19 Jun: I-184 , Shōkaku , Taihō
20 Jun: Hiyō , HMAS Matafele
21 Jun: Bolzano , HMS Fury
22 Jun: Eurydice , I-185 , Sirène
24 Jun: Derrycunihy , I-52 , U-971 , U-1225
25 Jun: U-269
26 Jun: Aquileia , U-317 , U-719 , Harugiku Maru
27 Jun: Kizugawa Maru
28 Jun: V 213 Claus Bolten , Kondor , Nerissa
29 Jun: Toyama Maru , Tsugaru , U-988 , USS Valor
30 Jun: SS Nikkin Maru , U-478 , V 422 Kergroise
Unknown date: Bosna , USS LCT-209 , U-740
Other incidents
49°30′N 01°10′W / 49.500°N 1.167°W / 49.500; -1.167
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