USS Susanville (PC-1149) [SEP] manufacturer
USS Susanville (PC-1149)
USS "Susanville" (PC-1149) was a patrol boat in the service of the United States Navy during World War II.
She was laid down as PC-1149 on 6 November 1943 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan; launched on 11 January 1944; and commissioned on 22 June 1944.
She sailed, via the Mississippi River and New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico and conducted shakedown training out of Miami, Florida. During her first year of service
area in Oregon in mid-December. On 20 February 1947, "PC-1149" was placed out of commission and berthed at Columbia River.
On 15 February 1956, while still out of commission, she was named Susanville, after a town in Lassen County in northeastern California. Sixteen months later, on 16 July 1957, "Susanville" was transferred, on loan, to the Nationalist Chinese Navy and was commissioned as "Hsi Kiang". She served the Taiwan Navy until 30 June 1972 when she was transferred to