USS PCS-1405
USS PCS-1405 was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1944 to 1946. She saw service in the latter stages of World War II.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States Navy | |
| Name | USS PC-1405 |
| Builder | Greenport Basin and Construction Company, Greenport, New York |
| Laid down | 1 May 1943 |
| Renamed | USS PCS-1405, April 1943 |
| Reclassified | Patrol craft sweeper (PCS), April 1943 |
| Launched | 21 August 1943 |
| Commissioned | 1 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | August 1946 |
| Stricken | February 1947 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1946 |
| History | |
| U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
| Name | USC&GS Bowie (CSS 27) |
| Namesake | Captain William Bowie (1872–1940), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps officer |
| Acquired | 3 October 1946 |
| Commissioned | 3 October 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1 February 1967 |
| Fate | Sold 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | PCS-1376-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 245 tons light; 338 tons full load |
| Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14.1 knots (26.1 km/h) |
| Complement | 57 |
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After her Navy service, she was transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, where she saw service as the coastal survey ship USC&GS Bowie (CSS 27) from 1946 to 1967.
Construction and commissioning edit
The ship was laid down as PC-1405 on 1 May 1943 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Company in Greenport, New York. Reclassified as a "patrol craft sweeper" (PCS) in April 1943 and redesignated PCS-1405, she was launched on 21 August 1943 and commissioned as USS PCS-1405 on 1 February 1944.[1]
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PCS-1450 made a shakedown cruise in the Caribbean Sea, then operated between southern Florida, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a patrol and escort ship until June 1945. She then was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where she served until February 1946 before returning to the United States.[1]
After undergoing conversion into a survey ship, PCS-1405 was decommissioned in August 1946 and transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey the same month. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in February 1947.[1]
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey service edit
The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey commissioned the vessel on 3 October 1946[2] as the coastal survey ship USC&GS Bowie (CSS 27).[1] Bowie served on hydrographic survey duties along the United States West Coast and in Alaska until 1 February 1967, when she was decommissioned.[2] She was sold in 1967.[1]
Fate edit
Bowie's later fate is unclear. She was photographed as recently as 2003 as MV Bowie in Slatery Bay near Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.[1] As of at least 2005, an effort was underway to preserve her as an historic ship, billing her as the last surviving PCS-type ship.[3]
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External links edit
- Photo gallery of USS PC-1405, USC&GS Bowie (CSS 27), and MV Bowie
- aquantri.com Photos of MV Bowie at restoration Web site