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|Ship image= USS Abingdon (PC-1237).jpg
|image= USS Abingdon (PC-1237).jpg
|Ship caption=On Naval Reserve duty in the Great Lakes {{Circa|1948}}
|image_caption=On Naval Reserve duty in the Great Lakes {{Circa|1948}}
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship flag={{USN flag|1949}}
|country=United States
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|flag={{USN flag|1949}}
|name=
*''PC-1237'' (1943-1956)
*''PC-1237'' (1943-1956)
*''Abingdon'' (1956-1959)
*''Abingdon'' (1956-1959)
|Ship namesake=[[Abingdon, Virginia|Town of Abingdon, Virginia]]
|namesake=[[Abingdon, Virginia|Town of Abingdon, Virginia]]
|Ship sponsor=Mrs. David Challinor
|sponsor=Mrs. David Challinor
|Ship ordered=
|ordered=
|Ship builder=[[Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.]], [[Morris Heights, New York]]  
|builder=[[Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.]], [[Morris Heights, New York]]  
|Ship yard number=3141
|yard_number=3141
|Ship laid down=14 February 1943
|laid_down=14 February 1943
|Ship launched=3 April 1943
|launched=3 April 1943
|Ship acquired=
|acquired=
|Ship commissioned=26 July 1943
|commissioned=26 July 1943
|Ship decommissioned=October 1949
|decommissioned=October 1949
|Ship in service=July 1946
|in_service=July 1946
|Ship out of service=
|out_of_service=
|Ship struck=1 April 1959
|struck=1 April 1959
|Ship renamed=''Abingdon'', 15 February 1956  
|renamed=''Abingdon'', 15 February 1956  
|Ship reclassified=
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|Ship identification=*[[Hull classification symbol#Patrol combatant type|Hull symbol]]: PC-1237
|identification=*[[Hull classification symbol#Patrol combatant type|Hull symbol]]: PC-1237
*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]:NCLZ
                *[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]:NCLZ
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Charlie}}{{ICS|Lima}}{{ICS|Zulu}}
                *{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Charlie}}{{ICS|Lima}}{{ICS|Zulu}}
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|Ship fate=Unknown
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|Ship class= {{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser}}
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|Ship displacement=
|class= {{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser}}
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*{{cvt|280|LT|0|lk=in}} (standard)
*{{cvt|280|LT|0|lk=in}} (standard)
*{{cvt|450|LT|0}} (full load)
*{{cvt|450|LT|0}} (full load)
|Ship length={{cvt|173|ft|8|in}}
|length={{cvt|173|ft|8|in}}
|Ship beam={{cvt|23|ft|m}}
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|Ship draft={{cvt|10|ft|10|in}}
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*2 × [[Hooven-Owens-Rentschler]] R-99DA [[diesel engine]]s (Serial No. 7021 and 7022)
*2 × [[Hooven-Owens-Rentschler]] R-99DA [[diesel engine]]s (Serial No. 7021 and 7022)
*{{cvt|2880|bhp|lk=in}}  
*{{cvt|2880|bhp|lk=in}}  
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|propulsion=
*[[Westinghouse Electric (1886)|Westinghouse]] single reduction gear
*[[Westinghouse Electric (1886)|Westinghouse]] single reduction gear
*2 × [[Propeller|shafts]]
*2 × [[Propeller|shafts]]
|Ship speed={{cvt|20.2|kn|lk=in}}
|speed={{cvt|20.2|kn|lk=in}}
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|Ship complement=65
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*1 × [[3-inch/50-caliber gun|{{cvt|3|in|0}}/50 caliber gun]]
*1 × [[3-inch/50-caliber gun|{{cvt|3|in|0}}/50 caliber gun]]
*1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|{{cvt|40|mm|0}} Bofors gun]]
*1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|{{cvt|40|mm|0}} Bofors gun]]
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*2 × [[depth charge]] tracks
*2 × [[depth charge]] tracks
*4 × depth charge projectors
*4 × depth charge projectors
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'''PC-1237''' was a {{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser}} in the service of the [[United States Navy]]. She was later given the name ''Abingdon'' after the town of [[Abingdon, Virginia]].
'''PC-1237''' was a {{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser}} in the service of the [[United States Navy]]. She was later given the name ''Abingdon'' after the town of [[Abingdon, Virginia]].



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PC-1237 was a Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in the service of the United States Navy. She was later given the name Abingdon after the town of Abingdon, Virginia.

PC-1237, hull No. 3141, was laid down on 14 February 1943 at Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., in Morris Heights, New York;Template:Sfn launched on 3 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. David Challinor; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 26 July 1943 with Lieutenant J. F. Weller, Jr., USNR, in command.Template:Sfn

Service history

World War II

After fitting out, PC-1237 departed New York on 10 August 1943 for New London, Connecticut, arriving there the following day. The submarine chaser then conducted tests under the auspices of the Bureau of Ships for the Underwater Sound Laboratory at New London, Connecticut for the remainder of August. PC-1237 cleared that port on 1 September 1943 for points south; proceeding via Tompkinsville, the ship reached Miami soon thereafter and commenced shakedown training. She completed these evolutions early in October and, proceeding by way of Key West arrived in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on 12 September.Template:Sfn

PC-1237 began escorting convoys between Guantánamo Bay and Trinidad soon thereafter, occasionally touching at Kingston, Jamaica, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, during that time period. She performed that duty until early in 1945. At the beginning of February 1945, the submarine chaser was reassigned to temporary duty conducting tests at Antigua for the Naval Research Laboratory, an assignment that occupied her through the remainder of World War II and the early months of 1946. Late in this period, she visited Frederikstad, St. Croix, in the Virgin Islands, for a port call on Navy Day, 27 October 1945.Template:Sfn

Post-war operations

On 24 May 1946, PC-1237 departed San Juan and began a voyage that took her northward along the east coast of the United States, touching at Miami and Norfolk en route, and then up the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes. There, the ship began training naval reservists of the 9th Naval District.Template:Sfn

PC-1237 continued naval reserve training duty until she was placed out of commission, in reserve, in October 1949, and was berthed at Norfolk with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet for almost a decade. During that time, in February 1956, she was named Abingdon. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 April 1959, but her subsequent fate is not known.Template:Sfn

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