USS PC-1261

	USS PC-815, a similar PC-416 class submarine chaser
History
United States
Name	USS PC-1261
Builder	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company,; Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin;
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 × 40 mm gun, 3 × 20 mm cannons, 2 × rocket launchers, 4 × depth charge throwers, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS PC-1261 was a

D-Day landings

on 6 June 1944, when she was hit by shellfire from German shore batteries.

Career

PC-1261 was laid down on 20 November 1942 by the

Normandy Landings

.

On 6 June 1944, PC-1261 led the first wave of landing craft at

D-Day

.