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USS ''PCS-1379'' was the fourth of twelve patrol craft sweepers constructed by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation, Whitestone, Long Island, New York. She was one of a total of 59 of this type to be delivered to the Navy by various shipyards. ''PCS-1376'' through ''1387'' were designed as submarine chasers, but were launched after the need for coastal escorts had passed. ''PCS-1379'' spent much of World War II in the Pacific Theater. She was one of thirteen PCS vessels converted to a PCS(C) for control of landing craft with the aft 40 mm mount replaced by a small deckhouse. ==Service history== Delivered in March 1944 her plank-holding crew reported for duty aboard ''PCS-1379'' at Lido Beach, New York, reporting to Capt. F. R. Lackey, USNR and Lieutenant E. U. O'Donnell USNR, commanding officer. ''PCS-1379'' transited the Panama Canal to Hawaii before participating in combat. She crossed the equator at 163 deg East, north to south on 23 August 1944. During the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign she participated in the invasion of Peleliu Island and Angaur Island on 15–17 September 1944. She shelled Japanese targets on Eil Malk and Abappaomogan Islands on 30–31 October 1944. In the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign of 1945 she participated in the invasion of the Ryukyu Islands as follows: * Kerama Retto, 26–31 March 1945 * Okinawa, 1 April 1945 * Menna Shima, 15 April 1945 * Ie Shima, 16 April 1945 ''PCS-1379'' returned to Hawaii, and then back through the Panama Canal, reaching Long Island, NY on or around 15 August 1945. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS PCS-1379」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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