USS PC-1168

USS PC-1168 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. PC-1168 is notable for being the ship on which the film You're in the Navy Now, which starred Gary Cooper, was filmed in 1950. The ship was later transferred to the Republic of China Navy, serving from 1954 to 1970 as ROCS Ching Kiang (PC-116).

USS PC-1168
History
United States
Name	USS PC-1168
Builder	Sullivan Drydock and Repair Corporation, Brooklyn, NY
Laid down	3 April 1943
Launched	3 July 1943
Commissioned	3 December 1943
Decommissioned	19 May 1954
Fate	19 May 1954, transferred to Republic of China Navy
Stricken	16 December 1970
History
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Ching Kiang (PC-116)
Acquired	19 May 1954
Decommissioned	16 December 1970
General characteristics
Class & type	PC-461-class submarine chaser
Displacement	295 tons fully loaded
Length	175 ft (53 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors 16-278A diesel engines (Serial No. 14240 and 14241), two shafts.
Speed	20 knots
Complement	59
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal 1 × 40 mm gun 3 × 20 mm cannons 2 × rocket launchers 4 × depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge tracks

Career

PC-1168 was laid down on 3 April 1943 at the Sullivan Drydock and Repair Corporation in Brooklyn, New York. She was launched on 3 July and commissioned 3 December 1943, one of 403 members of her class of 173-foot steel-hulled submarine chasers. These ships were of a flush-deck design similar to that of World War I "four-piper" destroyers, but were half the size and complement of their big sisters.

On 19 May 1954 she was decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of China as PC-116.