USS PC-542

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS PC-542
Laid down26 February 1942
Launched4 April 1942
Commissioned25 May 1942
Decommissioned30 September 1944
Fatetransferred to the French Navy, 30 September 1944
History
Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svgFrance
NameTirailleur
Acquired30 September 1944
Fatecondemned, 1957
General characteristics
Class and type PC-461-classsubmarine chaser

USS PC-542 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the French Navy under Lend-Lease in September 1944 and renamed Tirailleur.

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Career

PC-542 was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, on 26 February 1942; launched on 4 April 1942; and commissioned on 25 May 1942.

After commissioning, PC-542 ran convoys to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, before sailing for the Mediterranean, arriving in Arzew, Algeria. She participated in the invasions of Scoglitti, Brolo, Salerno, and Anzio in Italy; and in Operation Dragoon—the invasion of Southern France.

On 30 September 1944, PC-542 was transferred to France under Lend-Lease, where she served as Tirailleur and was credited with shooting down two German aircraft in the Mediterranean.

She was condemned by the French Navy in 1957.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .