USS PC-1168
"PC-1168" was laid down on 3 April 1943 at the Sullivan Drydock and Repair Corporation in Brooklyn, New York. She was launched on 3 July and commissioned 3 December 1943, one of 403 members of her class of 173-foot steel-hulled submarine chasers. These ships were of a flush-deck design similar to that of World War I "four-piper" destroyers, but were half the size and complement of their big sisters. On 19 May 1954 she was decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of China as "PC-116".
Career
The ship was later transferred to the Republic of China Navy, serving from 1954 to 1970 as ROCS "Ching Kiang" (PC-116).