[2] Laid down as a PC-461 Class Submarine chaser at Defoe Shipbuilding of Bay City, Michigan on 23 September 1942, PC-1129 was commissioned into U.S. Navy service on 3 June 1943 as a member of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

After clearing the Great Lakes and entering the Mississippi River, PC-1129 steamed to New Orleans where she joined a convoy of Westbound amphibious craft and stood out for the Panama Canal.

Escorting invasion and resupply convoys between Leyte and the front lines through December 1944, PC-1129 and her crew became aware of the Japanese doctrine of Kamikaze attacks and spent these deployments at general quarters.

With several more Shin'yō craft operating in the area, PC-1129’s Captain ordered his ship abandoned shortly before 2200hrs and she sank stern-first on 31 January 1945, with two crew killed.

[5] PC-1129 was one of three major ships built at Defoe Shipbuilding Company that were lost during World War II, the others were USS Rich (DE-695) and the United States Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WPG-77).