USS PC-1168
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USS PC-1168 was a built for the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
during World War II
World War II
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. PC-1168 is notable for being the ship on which the film You're in the Navy Now
You're in the Navy Now
You're in the Navy Now is a Hollywood film released in 1951 by Twentieth Century Fox about the United States Navy in the first months of World War II. Its initial release was titled USS Teakettle...
, which starred Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
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, was filmed in 1950. The ship was later transferred to the Republic of China Navy
Republic of China Navy
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, serving from 1954 to 1970 as ROCS Ching Kiang (PC-116).
Career
PC-1168 was laid down on April 3, 1943 at the Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Company 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 chaserSubmarine chaser
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s. These ships were of a flush-deck design similar to that of World War I
World War I
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"four-piper" destroyers, but were half the size and complement of their big sisters.
On May 19, 1954 she was decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
as PC-116.