USS Beaufort (PCS-1387)
USS Beaufort (PCS-1387)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Beaufort |
Namesake | City of Beaufort, South Carolina |
Builder | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, New York |
Laid down | 22 May 1943 |
Launched | 10 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Barbara C. Dietz |
Commissioned | 27 November 1944 as USS PCS-1387 |
Decommissioned | 26 March 1956 |
In service | as a U.S. Naval Reserve training ship (date not known) |
Renamed | Beaufort 15 February 1956 |
Stricken | 15 July 1967 |
Fate | used as a target by Naval Weapons Laboratory, Dahlgren, Virginia ; later sold in July 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | PCS-1376-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 245 tons |
Length | 136' |
Beam | 24' 6" |
Draft | 8' 7" |
Propulsion | two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts. |
Speed | 14.1 knots |
Complement | 57 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Beaufort (PCS-1387) – initially known as USS PCS-1387 -- was a
Built at Whitestone, New York
The fourth ship to be so named by the Navy, Beaufort (PCS-1387) was laid down on 22 May 1943, at
World War II service
After fitting out, the subchaser embarked upon her
On the latter day, PCS-1387 began duty with the Fleet Sonar School,
The 1950s, however, brought an increase in the extent of her zone of operations for, after that time, she ranged the Atlantic Ocean coast as far north as Narragansett Bay and south into the Caribbean. On 15 February 1956, she was named Beaufort. Just over a month later on 26 March, Beaufort was decommissioned at St. Petersburg, Florida.
Continued duty as a training ship
Her usefulness to the Navy, however, did not end there. She was retained in service for another 11 years under the Commandant,
Designated as a target ship
On 15 July 1967, her name was struck from the
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Sweeper - Photo Archive - Beaufort (PCS 1387) - ex-PCS-1387