USS Hampton (PCS-1386)

History
United States
Name	USS PCS-1386 (1944–1956); USS Hampton (1956–1959);
Namesake	PCS-1386 was her hull number; Hampton was for Hampton County, South Carolina;
Builder	Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation, Whitestone, New York
Laid down	15 May 1943
Launched	28 September 1944
Commissioned	4 November 1944
Decommissioned	27 April 1956
Renamed	USS Hampton (PCS-1386) 15 February 1956
Stricken	1 July 1959
Fate	Sold
General characteristics
Type	Patrol craft sweeper
Displacement	251 tons
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Two 800-brake horsepower (597-kilowatt) General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear two shafts
Speed	14 knots
Complement	59
Armament	1 × 3-inch 50-caliber (76.2-mm) dual-purpose gun mount; 1 × 40-mm guns; 2 × 20-mm guns; 2 × depth charge projectors; 1 × Hedgehog; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS PCS-1386, later renamed USS Hampton (PCS-1386), was a United States Navy patrol craft sweeper - a type of patrol minesweeper - in commission from 1944 to 1956. When renamed, she became the third U.S. Navy ship to bear the name Hampton.

History

United States
Name	USS PCS-1386 (1944–1956) USS Hampton (1956–1959)
Namesake	PCS-1386 was her hull number Hampton was for Hampton County, South Carolina
Builder	Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation, Whitestone, New York
Laid down	15 May 1943
Launched	28 September 1944
Commissioned	4 November 1944
Decommissioned	27 April 1956
Renamed	USS Hampton (PCS-1386) 15 February 1956
Stricken	1 July 1959
Fate	Sold
General characteristics
Type	Patrol craft sweeper
Displacement	251 tons
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Two 800-brake horsepower (597-kilowatt) General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear two shafts
Speed	14 knots
Complement	59
Armament	1 × 3-inch 50-caliber (76.2-mm) dual-purpose gun mount 1 × 40-mm guns 2 × 20-mm guns 2 × depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog 2 × depth charge tracks