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SBB-6: Patrol Craft USS PC-594

HURL Artifact No.	SBB-6	*Denotes approximations and speculations


Name:	USS PC-594	Lost:	*After December 3, 1947
Artifact Type:	Patrol Craft	Found:	25-Aug-2003
Nationality:	USA	Dive No:	PIV-085
Class or Make:	PC-461 Class	Location:	Kewalo
Model:	Submarine Chaser	Depth (m):	435m
Purpose:	Convoy support/anti-submarine	HURL crew:	T. Kerby, C. Holloway, C. Kelley
Serial Number:	PC-594	Additional Dives:
Built/Launched:	7 September, 1942

Length:	173' 8"
Width:	23'
Height:	10' 10"



Circumstance of Loss:	Scuttled	Crew Personnel/Position:	6 officers, 53 men

Reason of Loss:	Redundant after WW II	Crew Survivals/Fatalities:	n/a

Artifact History:	Built by the Dravo Corp, Neville Island, Pittsburg, PA. Veteran of convoy duty in the Caribbean. Passed through the Panama Canal in Jan 45' and arrived in Tokyo Bay in Sept 45' to help with occupation. After a few months in China received orders for Operation "Crossroads", the A-Bomb tests at Bikini. The Navy cancelled the assignment because of engine trouble. Later PC-594 returned to the US.

Artifact Condition:	Generally quite good condition. Entirely intact with no major hull or superstructure damage. Ship has largely been stripped. All armament is gone. There is a large amount of debris and cables on top of the wheel house including what appears to be the lookout platform.

Additional Information:	Sold to C. Roose of Honolulu, HI after being transferred to the War Assets Administration on 3 December, 1947.

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