USS PC - 1136 USS " PC - 1136 was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . Shortly after the end of the war , she was renamed USS " PCC - 1136 when she was reclassified as a combat communications control ship . In 1956 , she was renamed " Galena " ( PC - 1136 ) , becoming the third U . S . Navy vessel so named , but never saw active service under that name . Career . " PC - 1136 " was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company , in Bay City , Michigan on 17 December 1942 , launched on 5 March 1943 , and commissioned at New Orleans , Louisiana on 16 November 1943 , with Lieutenant ( j . g . ) Aliston Boyer in command . After shakedown , " PC - 1136 " operated out of Miami , and Key West , Florida , while receiving anti - submarine warfare training . Departing from Key West on 1 January 1944 , she steamed via the Panama Canal and the Society and Tonga Islands to arrive at Nouméa , New Caledonia , on 12 March for duty as patrol and escort ship . From 27 March to 1 April , she escorted merchant ships to Guadalcanal and then sailed the following day to Efate as escort for the ammunition ship . Arriving on 4 April , she steamed next day to Espiritu Santo to escort a merchant tanker to Guadalcanal . " PC - 1136 " reached Guadalcanal on 8 April , and for almost two months she continued intermittent convoy escort and ASW patrol duties out of the Solomons to New Caledonia and the New Hebrides . Departing in convoy on 31 May , she arrived at Kwajalein , Marshall Islands on 6 June to prepare for the invasion of Guam . Assigned to Task Group 58 . 1 , she sailed on the 9 June , arriving east of the Marianas on 22 June . After patrolling east of Saipan , she returned to Kwajalein on 5 July . Between 15 and 21 July she steamed to Guam , where she served as amphibious control ship during the landings . After screening offshore transports during the next week , she departed for the Marshalls on 28 July and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 August . Between 5 and 13 August , she sailed to Saipan as a convoy escort . For almost seven months she operated between the Marshals and the Marianas , escorting merchant ships and searching for enemy submarine s . She departed Guam on 3 March 1945 , touched at Eniwetok and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 18 March . On 5 May Lt . Elden L . Beebe reported on board as the executive officer , 2nd in command . After overhaul and conversion to a control ship , " PC - 1136 " sailed for the $ 3 on 21 May . Escorting a convoy of LST s , she reached Guam on 9 June and resumed convoy escort duties in the Marianas . She departed Guam on 6 August , touched at Ulithi and arrived at Subic Bay , Philippines on 15 August . She was reclassified to PCC - 1136 ( Control submarine chaser ) five days later . After steaming to Lingayen Gulf on 10 September , she escorted a convoy of LSTs to Japan , arriving at Wakayama on 19 September . Between 24 and 30 September she returned to Lingayen Gulf and during the first two days of October , she sailed to Manila . " PCC - 1136 " departed Manila for the Marianas on 17 October and arrived at Guam on the 22nd . On 1 November , executive officer Lt . Elden L . Beebe was reassigned as captain . For more than six months , she operated out of Guam , steaming to Saipan , Rota , Marianas , and Ulithi . She sailed for the United States on 1 May 1946 via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor , arriving at Astoria , Oregon , on 29 May . " PCC - 1136 " decommissioned on 28 July 1946 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet . While berthed in the Columbia River , she was reclassified back to " PC - 1136 " ( Submarine chaser ) on 27 October 1955 . The ship was named " Galena " ( PC - 1136 ) on 15 February 1956 , after cities in Alaska , Kansas , Illinois , Maryland , Missouri , and Ohio ; all of those which were named for a native lead sulfide , the chief ore of lead . She was sold by the Navy on 11 March 1960 to Miami Ports Company and subsequently scrapped . Awards . " PC - 1136 " received one battle star for World War II service .