Ship Details

PC-504 (U.S.S.)

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Photo Credit: Richmond Archives Photo 1999 6 1959

 
 
Registry #1 194941 (Canada) Registry #2 252487 (US) Registry #3 SC.504 (US Navy)
IMO# MMSI# VRN# 20415
 
Name 1 1942 PC-504 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1942 SC-504 (U.S.S.) Name 7
Name 3 1947 Wesco No. 50 Name 8
Name 4 1977 Pacific Laurel Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place East Boothbay Area ME Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 108.4' x 18.0' x 9.4'
Builder Rice Bros. Inc. Measurement (metric) 33m x 5.5m x 2.9m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 134.9 Type 1 Sub-Chaser (USN)
Registered Tonnage 91.6 Type 2 Fishpacker
Engine 2-152bhp engines (1942) Engine Manufacture Norris, Henty & Gardners Ltd., Patricroft UK
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # PC.504; SC.504 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942 she was a US Navy sub chaser. In 1946 she was owned by Parks Canning Co., Seattle WA USA. In 1948 she was owned by the Western Fisheries Co., Seattle WA and Cordova Alaska USA. In 1952-1957 she was owned by Jack Cim Yew Ngai, Victoria BC, and Stan Jack Cim Wan Ngai, Victoria BC, and Ling Choy Ngai, Victoria BC and Ling Hop Ngai, Victoria BC. In 1957 she was owned by Jack Cim Yew Ngai, Victoria BC, and Stan Jack Cim Wan Ngai, Victoria BC, and Ling choy Ngai, Victoria BC Canada. In 1957-1961 she was owned by Laurel Fisheries Ltd., Victoria BC. In 1961-1972 she was owned by Continental Explosives Ltd. In 1972-1973 she was owned by Laurel Fish Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1973 she was owned by Mark J. Bouchard (MO), Ladner BC Canada. In 1973 she was owned by Vancouver Albacore Fishing Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada. In 1972-1981 she was owned by Laurel Fish Packers Ltd., Richmond BC Canada. In 1981-2006 she was owned by Laurel Fish Packers (1981) Ltd., North Burnaby BC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2006-05-10
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was commissioned April 5, 1942 as USS PC 504, later reclassified as USS SC 504. This vessel served in the Atlantic, Carribean, Gulf of Mexico, and the South Pacific. In 1961 this vessel operated as a coastwise explosives freighter. In 1964 this vessel went aground at Alert Bay BC Canada. On August 4, 2006, the Pacific Laurel was taking on water about 126 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and issued a distress call. A US Coast Guard C-130 cargo plane dropped dewatering pumps and two ships of the US Navy rescued four people using several helicopters.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Merchant Vessels of the United States (1948); http://www.splinterfleet.org/sfafloat.php#sc1039; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11861/935?r=0&s=5 ; http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/150504.htm (website viewed 16/04/2024);
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