Collision With USS Laffey
After Hubbard was replaced, PC-815 remained in San Diego as a shore patrol vessel, but appears to have been mostly inactive during this period. According to her Movement Card she took part in the occasional offshore patrol, training exercises and escorting submarines in and out of the harbor. She was restored to active duty on September 2, 1945, but at 6:47 a.m. on September 11, the ship collided with the destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) in dense fog off San Diego. The collision started a fire on board PC-815, which sank within five minutes. One man from PC-815 was recorded as missing, presumed drowned. The Laffey suffered significant damage, with the fire from PC-815 spreading into one of the destroyer's compartments.
Navy divers demolished the wreck in early November 1945 due to the navigation hazard that it posed to a busy shipping channel. It is reported to be lying at 32°37′54″N 117°14′12″W / 32.63167°N 117.23667°W / 32.63167; -117.23667 in 90 feet (27 m) of water and is said to be diveable.
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