{{Use American English|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |country=United States |flag={{USN flag|1946}} |name=USS ''PC-1142'' |builder=Defoe Shipbuilding Company |laid_down=31 March 1943 |launched=20 August 1943 |acquired= |commissioned=3 June 1944 |decommissioned=October 1946 |renamed=USS ''Hanford'' (PC-1142), 15 February 1956 }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=yes |namesake=Hanford, California |fate=Transferred to Republic of China, July 1957 }}
|section4={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=yes |struck=15 April 1976 }}
|section5={{Infobox ship/career |country=Taiwan |flag={{shipboxflag|Republic of China|naval}} |name=ROCS ''Pei Chang'' (PC-122) |acquired=July 1957 |commissioned= |decommissioned= |struck= |fate=unknown }}
|section6={{Infobox ship/characteristics |class={{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser|1}} |displacement=295 tons |length={{convert|174|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}} |draft={{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}} |propulsion= |speed=20 knots |complement=65 |armament=*1 × {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}}/50 cal *1 × 40 mm gun *3 × 20 mm cannons *2 × rocket launchers *4 × depth charge throwers *2 × depth charge tracks |notes= }} }} '''USS ''PC-1142''''' was a {{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser}} built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later renamed '''''Hanford'' (PC-1142)''' but never saw active service under that name. ''Hanford'' was transferred to the Republic of China Navy in July 1957 and renamed '''ROCS ''Pei Chang'' (PC-122)'''.
==Career== ''PC-1142'' was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, on 31 March 1943 and launched on 20 August 1943. ''PC-1142'' was commissioned on 3 June 1944.
After shakedown off Florida, ''PC-1142'' was assigned to the Naval Training Center, Miami, Florida, operating there for 2 months. She sailed on 22 September to escort a convoy to Cuba, then for the next 10 months continued escort and patrol duty between Florida and Cuba. ''PC-1142'' departed Key West, Florida, on 22 June 1945 en route to the Pacific, arriving at San Diego, California, on 10 July.
Two weeks later, she steamed for Hawaii; then after a brief stay at Pearl Harbor arrived at Eniwetok on 24 August. For the rest of the year ''PC-1142'' performed patrol and escort operations in the Western Pacific. On 7 January 1946 she arrived at Ponape, Caroline Islands, for assignment as a station ship. She continued these services out of Ponape and Eniwetok until 24 May when she was taken in tow by {{USS|APL-44}}. ''PC-1142'' arrived at San Diego on 30 July, remaining there for the next three months. In late October she sailed to Astoria, Oregon, and was decommissioned at Vancouver, Washington.
While berthed with the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, ''PC-1142'' was named ''Hanford'' on 15 February 1956. She was loaned to the Republic of China under the Military Assistance Program in July 1957, and served the Republic of China Navy as ROCS ''Pei Chang'' (PC-122).
==References== *{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hanford.htm}}
==External links== *{{navsource|12/011142}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pc-1142}} Category:PC-461-class submarine chasers Category:Ships built in Bay City, Michigan Category:1943 ships Category:World War II patrol boats of the United States Category:PC-461-class submarine chasers of the Republic of China Navy