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Thursday, 9 July 2026

Taiwanese submarine chaser (ex-USS PC 1247 1943-1948, ex-Chialing 1948-?) To Kiang 104 ?-1964

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Part of the 173 feet class or PC-461 class US submarine chasers with a displacement of 280-450 (full load) tons and as dimensions 173 2/3 (over all) x 23 x 10 3/4 (maximum) feet. Laid down by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, Tennessee, USA on 28 May 1943, launched on 7 August 1943, commissioned on 20 December 1943, handed over to the Republic of China at Subic Bay, Philippines and renamed Chialing on 15 June 1948, later renamed To Kiang, decommissioned on 1 November 1958 and stricken in 1964. 

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