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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. Ordered on 26 December 1940, laid down by Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on 29 December 1941, launched on 29 December 1941, commissioned on 5 May 1942, decommissioned at Subic Bay, Philippines on 13 February 1946, transferred to Nationalist China on 30 June 1948, renamed Fu Kiang, stricken US Naval Register on 16 December 1970. Some editions of Jane’s Fighting Ships mid 1950s also supplied the name Hwangpu before she was renamed Fu Kiang.
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