Mayfield (PC-1196)
1943-1959
A city in Kentucky.
(PC-1196: displacement 450; length 173'8"; beam 23'; draft 10'10"; speed 20.2 knots; complement 65; armament 1 3-inch; class PC-461)
PC-1196 was laid down on 29 August 1942 at Morris Heights, N.J. by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 24 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. S. M. Parslow, Jr.; and commissioned at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., on 7 April 1943, Lt. John A. Williamson in command.
Assigned to the Caribbean Sea Frontier, PC-1196 departed New York 24 April 1943 for the Submarine Chaser Training Center, Miami, Fla. arriving 3 days later. Following 2 weeks of training she sailed 10 May, then departed to “Gitmo” on the first of 22 patrol cruises from Cuba to Trinidad and Aruba and back, averaging almost one full patrol every 20 days. The small PC operated on patrol and convoy duty in the Caribbean through 1945, putting into Kingston Jamaica and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, periodically for repairs.
PC-1196 entered the navy yard at San Juan, P.R. in June 1945 for an extensive overhaul. Shortly thereafter she sailed to Charleston and decommissioned in July 1946; but her service was not finished and she served for over 3 more years as a Naval Reserve training ship out of that port. Finally, in December 1956, she was struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1959 and sold to Wash. Construction Co. New York.
