African American Troops in World War II by Alexander Bielakowski

Author:Alexander Bielakowski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: African American Troops in World War II
ISBN: 9781780965437
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

PC 1264

The patrol craft PC 1264 was the second of the two US Navy vessels whose crews were composed entirely of African Americans. Though she was actually in service longer than the Mason, the PC 1264 – a smaller vessel, with a smaller crew (only 300 tons as opposed to the Mason’s 1,100, and 63 men against the destroyer’s 156) – has sunk into even greater obscurity than her counterpart.

Popularly known as “subchasers,” the 369 patrol craft launched during World War II were almost exclusively crewed by reservists and draftees with minimal sea experience. Their duties were wide-ranging, and included escorting convoys, hunting submarines, sinking small enemy vessels, shooting down aircraft, bombarding landing areas, and leading landing craft in to invasion beaches. Designed to be produced easily in small yards, the subchasers were used in all theaters of the war.

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