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|Ship country={{nowrap|United States}}
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1950}}
|Ship name=USS ''PC-586''
|Ship builder=[[Defoe Shipbuilding Company]], [[Bay City, Michigan]]
|Ship laid down=29 May 1942
|Ship launched=15 July 1942
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|Ship commissioned=5 October 1942
|Ship decommissioned=January 1950
|Ship renamed=''Patchogue'' (PC-586), 15 February 1956
|Ship struck=1 April 1959
|Ship honors=1 [[battle star]] (World War II)
|Ship fate=Sold for scrapping, 1959
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|Ship complement=46
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'''USS ''PC-586''''' was a {{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She was later renamed '''''Patchogue'' (PC-586)''' but never saw active service under that name.

== Career ==
''Patchogue'' was laid down on 29 May 1942 at the [[Defoe Shipbuilding Company]] in [[Bay City, Michigan]]; launched as '''USS ''PC-586''''' on  15 July 1942; and commissioned on 5 October 1942.

After sea trials in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], ''PC-586'' transited the [[Panama Canal]] and served as an escort craft along the west coast of the [[United States]].  Her coastal operations were ultimately extended to the [[Hawaiian Islands]], and during the period of 1 August through 31 December 1943, she was assigned to Commander, [[Hawaiian Sea Frontier]], for duty.  During this time she rendered valuable service as a training craft in the area of [[Pearl Harbor]].  She likewise performed [[patrol]] and [[convoy]] escort missions in Hawaiian waters. A convoy escort mission took ''PC-586'' to [[Saipan]] on 23 July 1944. 

With the end of hostilities, the submarine chaser continued to bolster Fleet readiness by briefly serving in a training capacity out of Pearl Harbor, and then along the east coast at both [[Charleston, South Carolina]] and [[Coco Solo]], [[Panama Canal Zone]].

''PC-586'' decommissioned and went into reserve at [[Norfolk, Virginia]] in January 1950. She was named ''Patchogue'' on 15 February 1956.  She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]]  on 1 April 1959, and shortly thereafter sold to [[Potomac Shipwrecking Company]] for scrapping.

==Awards==
''Patchogue'' received one [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service.

== References ==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p2/patchogue.htm}}

==External links==
* {{navsource|12/010586|USS Patchogue}}

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