USS PCS-1425

USS PCS-1425 was a United States Navy minesweeper and patrol ship in service during World War II.[1] Her keel was laid in 1943 as PC-1425, before being reclassified three months later as a "patrol craft sweeper" (PCS). After the war, the ship served as a test platform for the development of naval radios, being the first ship to demonstrate the use of an automatically aligning UHF directional antenna.[2]

USS PCS-1425 in San Francisco Bay, California, c. 1945-46[1]
History
United States Navy
Name	USS PC-1425
Builder	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, New York
Laid down	22 January 1943
Renamed	USS PCS-1425, April 1943
Reclassified	Patrol craft sweeper (PCS), April 1943
Launched	20 July 1943
Commissioned	4 February 1944
Fate	Transferred to War Shipping Administration January 1947
History
Puget Sound Naval Academy Training Ship
Owner	Puget Sound Naval Academy
Acquired	1950
General characteristics
Class and type	PCS-1376-class minesweeper
Displacement	252 tons
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
Propulsion	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Knobstedt single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	14.1 knots (26.1 km/h)
Complement	57
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun mount 1 × 20 mm gun mount 4 × depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog 2 × depth charge tracks

In 1950, she was leased to the Puget Sound Naval Academy for use as a training ship.[3]