USS PC-1603

History
United States
Name	USS Force
Builder	Penn-Jersey Corp., Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	19 November 1941
Launched	7 September 1942
Commissioned	16 June 1943
Renamed	USS PC-1603, 1 June 1944
Decommissioned	21 June 1945
Honors &; awards	3 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Destroyed, 24 October 1945
General characteristics
Class & type	Adroit-class minesweeper
Displacement	295 long tons (300 t)
Length	173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) Busch-Sulzer BS 539 diesel engines (Serial Nos. BS1147 & BS1148); Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear; 2 shafts;
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	65
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal; 2 × 40 mm gun; 8 × 20 mm cannons; 5 × depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS PC-1603 was a submarine chaser of the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally built and commissioned as USS Force (AM-99), an Adroit-class minesweeper. On 1 June, she was renamed PC-1603 and earned three battle stars for service in the Pacific during the war. The ship was damaged by a pair of kamikaze aircraft on 26 May 1945 and later scuttled.

History

United States
Name	USS Force
Builder	Penn-Jersey Corp., Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	19 November 1941
Launched	7 September 1942
Commissioned	16 June 1943
Renamed	USS PC-1603, 1 June 1944
Decommissioned	21 June 1945
Honors & awards	3 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Destroyed, 24 October 1945
General characteristics
Class & type	Adroit-class minesweeper
Displacement	295 long tons (300 t)
Length	173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) Busch-Sulzer BS 539 diesel engines (Serial Nos. BS1147 & BS1148) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	65
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal 2 × 40 mm gun 8 × 20 mm cannons 5 × depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks