Qualla: USS PC-815 https://qualla.com/uss-pc-815 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/uss-pc-815-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: USS PC-815 https://qualla.com/uss-pc-815 USS PC-815: Introduction https://qualla.com/uss-pc-815/ Photo credit United States Navy., Public domain. For sixty-eight hours in May 1943, a small patrol craft off the Oregon coast expended thirty-seven depth charges in battle against Japanese submarines. Or so its commander claimed. The USS PC-815 entered naval history not for enemy contacts confirmed but for an elaborate engagement that, according to every other ship involved, never occurred. That commander was Lieutenant (junior grade) L. Ron Hubbard, who would later found Scientology. The 'Jinxed Sub-Chaser' packed more controversy into its brief existence than vessels that served decades, its short career marked by phantom battles, unauthorized shelling of Mexican territory, and a fatal collision in harbor fog.

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/uss-pc-815-wp/9mu9-uss-pc-815-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full USS PC-815: Birth of a Sub-Chaser https://qualla.com/uss-pc-815/ Photo credit United States Navy., Public domain. PC-815 began as steel and ambition at the Albina Engine and Machinery Works in Portland, Oregon. Laid down on October 10, 1942, she was one of hundreds of PC-461-class submarine chasers rushing to production as German U-boats ravaged Atlantic shipping and Japanese submarines prow...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/uss-pc-815-wp/9mu9-uss-pc-815-birth-of-a-sub-chaser.mp3 0:06 2 full USS PC-815: The Battle That Wasn't https://qualla.com/uss-pc-815/ Photo credit United States Navy., Public domain. On May 18, PC-815 departed Astoria bound for Bremerton to receive radar and depth charge launchers. Soon after, Hubbard reported submarine contact. What followed was a sixty-eight-hour depth charge barrage that summoned Navy blimps, Coast Guard patrol boats, and two additional su...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/uss-pc-815-wp/9mu9-uss-pc-815-the-battle-that-wasnt.mp3 0:06 3 full USS PC-815: Mexican Complications https://qualla.com/uss-pc-815/ Photo credit United States Navy., Public domain. The phantom submarine battle might have been forgotten had PC-815's troubles ended there. They did not. In late June 1943, with San Diego now her homeport, Hubbard conducted unauthorized gunnery practice in Mexican territorial waters, shelling South Coronado Island. This violatio...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/uss-pc-815-wp/9mu9-uss-pc-815-mexican-complications.mp3 0:06 4 full USS PC-815: Fog and Fire https://qualla.com/uss-pc-815/ Photo credit United States Navy., Public domain. World War II ended in August 1945, and PC-815 was restored to active duty in September. It would be her last month afloat. On the morning of September 11, 1945, dense fog blanketed San Diego Harbor. At 6:47 AM, PC-815 collided with the destroyer USS Laffey. Fire erupted aboard th...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/u/9/uss-pc-815-wp/9mu9-uss-pc-815-fog-and-fire.mp3 0:06 5 full USS PC-815: The Commander's Later Claims https://qualla.com/uss-pc-815/ Photo credit United States Navy., Public domain. L. Ron Hubbard never accepted that his submarine battle had been imaginary. Years later, he told Scientologists elaborate stories about sinking the Japanese submarine I-76 at the mouth of the Columbia River, claiming the wreck was still tearing fishermen's nets. The tale had prob...

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