Uss Carlinville (Pc 1120)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Carlinville was a US Navy patrol boat. It was laid down on 19 June 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan; launched on 24 August 1942; and commissioned as USS PC-1120 on 18 January 1943. During World War II, PC-1120 was assigned to the South Pacific area of the Asiatic-Pacific theater, She took part in the Bismarck Archipelago operations-Arawe, New Britain, from 15 December 1943 through 13 January 1944; Eastern New Guinea operations-Saidor occupation, from 2 through 4 June 1944; Western New Guinea operations-Biak Island operation, from 18 through 21 June 1944; Noemfoor Island operation, from 2 through 4 July 1944; Cape Sansapor operation, and the Morotai operations, starting on 15 September 1944.