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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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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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: 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
This page was last edited on 23 February 2024, at 15:56