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Patrol Craft Sailors Association PATROL CRAFT SAILORS ASSOCIATION COLLECTION & ARCHIVES List reflects both artifacts and research materials contained in the PCSA Collection and Archives by topic and/or ship number PATROL CRAFT SAILORS ASSOCIATION (PCSA) Media - General Media - Video Official Documents & Correspondence PCSA Endowment Fund PCSA Library Dedication PCSA Gallery Openings PCSA Newsletter Directories PCSA Reunion Directories Photographs-General Color/B & W Plaques & Commendations UNITED STATES NAVY (GENERAL) Media – General Flags & Pennants NATO Phonetic Alphabet History/Traditions/Lore Official Manuals/Posters/Publications Photographs-General (Color/B & W) Role of Women & Minorities (WWI to Present) Uniforms/Ratings/Insignia U.S. Navy Nurse Corps U.S. Navy WAVES U.S. Naval Historical Center U.S. Navy Memorial/Heritage Center WW I - EAGLE CLASS PATROL CRAFT Eagle Boat- General PE 2 PE 26 PE 35 PE 48 PE 54 PE 58 PE 59 PE 60 WORLD WAR II (GENERAL) Books & Other Publications Daily Life/Personal Stories & Related Maps & Charts Media – General Photographs-General (Color/B & W) The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 WII Bay County/Bay City U-Boats – General WORLD WAR II - PATROL CRAFT (GENERAL) Blueprints & Drawings Books & Other Publications Commissioning/Launching/Change of Command/Sponsors Communication & Navigation Mechanical & Technical Media - General Photographs-General (Color/B & W) KOREAN WAR Korean War – General Patrol Craft- General VIETNAM WAR Vietnam War - General Groups & Organizations - General Vietnam Veterans of America Brown Water Navy-General Maps/ Charts/Posters Books & Other Publications Photographs –General (Color/B& W) PBR/PCF/WPB - General Riverine Forces - General Coastal Surveillance Force/Task Force 115 River Force Patrol/Task Force 116 Mobile Riverine Force/Task Force 117 U.S. Navy Seals FOREIGN NAVIES Japanese Navy French Navy British Royal Navy Thai Royal Navy TRAINING SCHOOLS & CENTERS Recruitment & Training - General U.S. Naval Academy (MD) U.S. Naval Training Center (FL) U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (NY) Submarine Chaser Training Center (FL) Farragut Naval Training School (ID) Great Lakes Naval Training Center (IL) San Diego Naval Training Center (CA) Dearborn Naval Training Station (MI) Fleet Training Schools Photographs-General (Color/B & W) Workbooks & Manuals Newsletters/Press Releases Media – General Media- Video SHIPBUILDERS Shipbuilders- General Albina Engine & Machinery Al Larson Boat Shop Bollinger Shipbuilding Company Brown Shipbuilding Company Commercial Iron Works Consolidated Shipbuilding Company Dade Drydock Defoe Shipbuilding Company Donjon Marine Company Dravo Shipbuilding Ford Motor-River Rouge George F. Lawley Shipbuilding Gibbs Gas Engine John H. Mathis Shipbuilding Julius Petersen Shipbuilding Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Luders Marine Construction Nashville Bridge New York Yacht Building Pullman Standard Car Sullivan Drydock & Repair Wheeler Shipbuilding Willamette Iron & Steel SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS & EVENTS Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Guam Battles of Leyte Gulf Battle of Midway Battle of Mindanao Battle off Samar (Taffy III) Channel Islands Invasion Enola Gay Mission Operation Crossroads Operation Detachment (Battle of Iwo Jima) Operation Husky (Invasion of Sicily) Operation Iceberg (Battle of Okinawa) Operations Overlord/Neptune (D-Day) Operation Shingle (Battle of Anzio) Operation Stalemate II (Battle of Peleliu) Operation Tiger Operation Watchtower (Guadalcanal Campaign) Philippines Campaign Solomon Islands Campaign Sinking of the Bismarck Sinking of SS Leopoldville Typhoon Cobra Typhoon Louise V-J Day (Japan) V-E Day (Europe) CYCLONE CLASS PATROL CRAFT Cyclone Class - General Media – General E-Newsletters Operation Desert Storm Operation Iraqi Freedom Special Boat Squadron One Special Boat Squadron Two U.S. Navy Special Warfare - General U.S. Coast Guard U.S Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Patrol Coastal (WPC) Island Class Patrol Boat (WPB) PC 1 USS Cyclone PC 2 USS Tempest PC 3 USS Hurricane PC 4 USS Monsoon PC 5 USS Typhoon PC 6 USS Sirocco PC 7 USS Squall PC 8 USS Zephyr PC 9 USS Chinook PC 10 USS Firebolt PC 11 USS Whirlwind PC 12 USS Thunderbolt PC 13 USS Shamal PC 14 USS Tornado Fast Response Cutter (FRC) Sentinel Class PATROL CRAFT (STEEL HULL) - PC Patrol Craft - General 109 117 451 452 457 460 461 462 463 464 465 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 476 477 478 479 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 496 503 504 517 524 530 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 600 601 602 603 604 606 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 622 623 624 625 626 627 636 669 672 684 701 703 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 793 795 797 799 800 801 803 804 805 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 871 872 877 897 899 902 942 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 X 1082 1083 1084 1085 1087 1089 1091 1093 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1137 1138 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149 1167 1168 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 1210 1211 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1221 1222 1223 1225 1226 1227 1228 1229 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235 1236 1237 1238 1240 1242 1243 1244 1246 1247 1248 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1257 1258 1259 1260 1261 1262 1263 1264 1265 1402 1421 1482 1545 1546 1547 1548 1552 1553 1554 1559 1557 1560 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1569 1590 1593 1594 1596 1598 1600 1601 1602 1603 1607 1609 1610 1638 1639 1640 1641 PATROL CRAFT (WOOD HULL) - SC SC - General 103 118 127 130 131 138 143 304 431 449 497 521 525 528 532 536 629 632 633 638 643 648 670 672 673 676 682 692 697 705 707 718 724 725 727 734 735 737 739 738 741 744 748 753 755 760 761 769 775 823 983 987 991 994 1012 1013 1014 1029 1036 1044 1046 1057 1062 1066 1266 1268 1269 1284 1287 1297 1301 1302 1306 1307 1308 1321 1322 1326 1332 1341 1353 1354 1364 1368 1474 1482 PATROL MOTOR GUNBOAT - PGM PGM - General 1 (ex-SC 644) 2 (ex-SC 757) 3 (ex-SC 1035) 4 (ex-SC 1053) 5 (ex-SC 1056) 7 (ex-SC 1072) 8 (ex-PC 1366) 9 (ex-PC 1549) 10 (ex-PC 805) 11 (ex-PC 806) 12 (ex-PC 1088) 13 (ex-PC 1089) 14 (ex-PC 1090) 15 (ex-PC 1091) 16 (ex-PC 1148) 17 (ex-PC 1189) 18 (ex-PC 1255) 19 (ex-PC 1550) 20 (ex-PC 1551) 22 (ex-PC 1553) 23 (ex-PC 1554) 24 (ex-PC 1555) 25 (ex-PC 1556) 26 (ex-PC 1557) 27 (ex-PC 1558) 28 (ex-PC 1559) 29 (ex-PC 1565) 30 (ex-PC 1566) 31 (ex-PC 1567) 32 (ex-PC 1568) 33 69 84 85 86 87 88 92 93 99 100 101 PATROL GUNBOAT – PG 8 USS Wilmington 17 USS Dubuque 88 USS Crockett 101 USS Green Bay PATROL CRAFT SWEEPER (WOOD HULL) - PCS PCS - General 1376 USS Winder 1378 USS Provincetown 1379 1380 USS Rushville 1383 USS Attica 1384 USS Eufala 1385 USS Hollidaysburg 1386 USS Hampton II 1387 USS Beaufort 1388 1389 1391 1392 USS Deming 1396 USS Dutton (AGS-8) 1397 1399 1400 USS Coquille 1401 USS McMinnville 1402 1403 1404 USS Armistead Rust (AGS-9) 1405 1413 USS Elsmere 1421 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1429 1430 1431 USS Grafton 1441 1442 1444 USS Conneaut 1445 1446 1448 1449 1450 1451 1452 1455 1459 1460 1464 USS Medrick (AMc 203) PATROL CRAFT ESCORT/CONTROL – PCE/PCEC PCE/PCEC - General 827 830 831 842 USS Marfa 843 USS Skowhegan 844 845 USS Worland 846 USS Eunice 867 869 870 USS Dania 871 872 873 874 USS Pascagoula 875 877 USS Havre 878 880 USS Ely 882 884 886 USS Banning 892 USS Somerset 893 894 USS Farmington 895 USS Crestview 896 898 899 USS Lamar 900 USS Groton 902 USS Portage 903 USS Batesburg 905 USS Gettysburg 1605 1619 1620 1621 PATROL CRAFT ESCORT RESCUE – PCE(R) PCE(R) - General 848 849 USS Somersworth 850 USS Fairview 851 USS Rockville 852 USS Brattleboro 853 USS Amherst 854 855 USS Rexburg 856 USS Whitehall 857 USS Marysville 858 859 MINESWEEPERS - AM AM - General 2 80 USS Goldcrest 81 USS Chaffinch 86 USS Constant (ex-PC 1590) 88 USS Dash (ex-PC 1592) 89 USS Despite (ex-PC 1593) 90 USS Direct (ex-PC 1594) 91 USS Dynamic (ex-PC 1595) 92 USS Effective (ex-PC 1596) 93 USS Engage (ex-PC 1597) 94 USS Excel (ex-PC 1598) 95 USS Exploit (ex-PC 1599) 99 USS Force (ex-PC 1603) 110 USS Revenge 156 USS Captivate 240 USS Hazard 269 USS Opponent 303 USS Skirmish 314 USS Champion 384 USS Sprig MOTOR MINE SWEEPER – YMS YMS - General 4 7 15 51 110 241 274 298 384 433 478 PATROL FRIGATE – PF PF - General 9 USS Pocatello (ex-PG 117) 10 USS Brownsville (ex-PG 118) 18 USS Alexandria (ex-PG 126) 20 USS Golfport (ex-PG 128) 25 USS Charlottesville (ex-PG 133) 27 USS Newport (ex-PG 135) 38 USS Coronado (ex-PG 146) 39 USS Ogden (ex-PG 147) 41 USS El Paso (ex-PG 149) 48 USS Rockford (ex-PG 156) 52 USS Allentown (ex-PG 160) 53 USS Machias (ex-PG 161) 54 USS Sandusky (ex-PG 162) 55 USS Bath (ex-PG 163) 57 USS Sheboygan (ex-PG 165) 60 USS Charlotte (ex-PG 168) 63 USS Moberly (ex-Scranton) 70 USS Evansville (ex-PG 178) 71 USS New Bedford (ex-PG 179) 75 USS Hotham (ex-PG 183) 81 USS Holmes (ex-PG 189) 83 USS Hoste (ex-PG 191) 84 USS Howett (ex-PG 192) 94 USS Milledgeville (ex-PG 202) 99 USS Orlando (ex-PG 207) 100 USS Racine (ex-PG 208) 101 USS Greensboro (ex-PG 209) YARD PATROL – YP YP - General 8 12 28 31 52 376 391 416 420 421 422 428 432 437 X 438 439 441 443 447 478 552 663 YARD CLASS MINESWEEPERS – YMS YMS - General 271 407 584 CONVERTED YACHTS – PY PY 12 USS Sylph PY 29 USS Mizpah PY 32 USS Southern Seas PATROL COASTAL YACHTS - PYc PYc 2 USS Sapphire PYc 6 USS Amber PYc 11 USS Andradite PYc 26 USS Cymophane PYc 29 USS Sappire PYc 32 USS Tourist SUBMARINE RESCUE SHIP – ASR ASR 19 USS Bluebird ASR 20 USS Skylark COASTAL TRANSPORT – APC APC 110 DESTROYER – DD DD General DD 965 USS Kincaid DESTROYER ESCORT – DE DE - General LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY GUNBOAT – LCI(G)/LCI(L) LCI - General LCI Newsletters 8/91-1996 LCI(G) 66 LCI(L) 434 BATTLESHIPS/CRUISERS/OTHER U.S.
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