MAKE A MEME View Large Image USS PC-1598.jpg en With her new hull number already applied PC-1598 displays the armament fitted to the Pacific units by Norfolk Navy Yard Forward of the 3-inch gun are two 12-round Mk 22 Mousetrap antisubmarine rocket launchers and two Mk ...
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Keywords: USS PC-1598.jpg en With her new hull number already applied PC-1598 displays the armament fitted to the Pacific units by Norfolk Navy Yard Forward of the 3-inch gun are two 12-round Mk 22 Mousetrap antisubmarine rocket launchers and two Mk 6 depth-charge mortars are mounted just abaft the newly installed 40-mm Mk 3 antiaircraft gun The original Mk 7 depth-charge racks have been replaced with Mk 9s with racks for reload charges fitted between them The five 20-mm antiaircraft mounts are fitted two on the main deck aft two abreast the foremast and one atop the pilothouse Note the crow's nest lookout position still fitted on the mast http //www navsource org/archives/12/011598 htm U S Navy photo from the August 2002 edition of Naval History magazine date PD-USGov-Military-Navy Ships built in New York Ships built in 1942 World War II minesweepers of the United States Patrol vessels of the United States Minesweepers of the United States Crow's nest
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