USS Carlinville
USS Carlinville was a United States Navy patrol boat. It was laid down on 19 June 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan; launched on 24 August 1942; and commissioned as USS PC-1120 on 18 January 1943. During World War II, PC-1120 was assigned to the South Pacific area of the Asiatic-Pacific theater, she took part in the Bismarck Archipelago operations-Arawe, New Britain, from 15 December 1943 through 13 January 1944; Eastern New Guinea operations-Saidor occupation, from 2 through 4 June 1944; Western New Guinea operations-Biak Island operation, from 18 through 21 June 1944; Noemfoor Island operation, from 2 through 4 July 1944; Cape Sansapor operation, and the Morotai operations, starting on 15 September 1944. Following these, she moved north to the Philippines where she took part in the Leyte landings from 15 through 25 October 1944; the consolidation of the Southern Philippines-Palawan Island landings, from 28 February through 3 March 1945; and the Borneo operations and Tarakan Island operations, from 27 April through 5 May 1945 She was decommissioned in January 1947 and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at the Columbia River. While still de-commissioned, she was named Carlinville on 15 February 1956. She was