U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX PC PCE PG PY PYC
21)PC 595 PATROL CRAFT
Photo. www.navsource.org Sister ship PC 589
Laid down. 19 May 1942
Launched 9 October 1942
Commissioned 30 April 1943
Decommissioned 30 Jun 1948. Transferred to the Republic of China.
Fate unknown.
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, and two depth charge tracks.
Propulsion two 2,880bhp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines (Serial No. 6831 and 6832), Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
PC 595 performed several duties when assigned to the Fourth Fleet South Atlantic Recife
