Editing USS PC-815 (section)

{{Short description|PC-461-class submarine chaser}}
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|Ship image=Uss pc-815 1.jpg
|Ship caption=USS ''PC-815'' running trials 13 April 1943<br />on the [[Columbia River]]
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{{Infobox ship career
|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1945}}
|Ship name= ''PC-815''
|Ship builder=[[Albina Engine & Machine Works]], [[Portland, Oregon]]
|Ship yard number=
|Ship way number=
|Ship laid down=10 October 1942
|Ship launched=5 December 1942
|Ship commissioned=20 April 1943
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|Ship fate=Sunk after collision with {{USS|Laffey|DD-724|6}}, 11 September 1945, off the coast of San Diego
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship class={{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser|1}}
|Ship displacement=295 tons fully loaded
|Ship length={{convert|173|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="navsource">{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/01idx.htm |title=173' Submarine Chaser |website=NavSource Photo Archives |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112110819/http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/01idx.htm |archive-date=12 January 2008}}</ref>
|Ship beam={{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|10|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 × Hooven-Owens-Rentschler diesel engines (Serial No. 6977 and 6978), two shafts.
|Ship speed={{convert|20|knots|km/h}}
|Ship complement=59
|Ship armament=
* 1 × [[3-inch/50-caliber gun|3"/50 caliber]] dual purpose cannon
* 1 × [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|Bofors 40 mm gun]]
* 3 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]]s
* 2 × rocket launchers
* 4 (total) × [[Depth charge#Delivery mechanisms|K-guns]] and [[Mousetrap (weapon)|mousetraps]]
* 2 × depth charge racks
}}
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'''USS ''PC-815''''' was a {{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Its first commander, for about eighty days in 1943, was [[L. Ron Hubbard]], who later became the founder of [[Scientology]]. After Hubbard was removed from command for conducting unauthorized gunnery practice in Mexican territorial waters, the ''PC-815'' served as a shore patrol vessel off [[San Diego]], [[California]].

In September 1945, the ship was lost along with one of her crew after colliding with the destroyer {{USS|Laffey|DD-724|6}}. ''PC-815''{{'}}s short career led to the vessel being dubbed the "jinxed sub-chaser".<ref name="sables">{{cite magazine |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200601/ai_n16063418/pg_1 |title=PC-815: The Jinxed Sub-Chaser! |first=Robert P. |last=Sables |author-link=Robert Sables |date=January 2006 |magazine=Sea Classics |volume=39 |number=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106022926/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200601/ai_n16063418/pg_1 |archive-date=6 November 2015}}</ref>