Keywords: French submarine chaser L'Inconstant (P636) off Tourane (Indochina) c1954.jpg The French submarine chaser L'Inconstant P636 standing by for a helicopter transfer of two liaison officers off Tourane Indochina circa in 1954 <br> L'Inconstant P636 was served in the U S Navy as PC-1171 1943-1946 and was laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet It was transferred to France in 1951 and became L'Inconstant P 636 for duty in Indochina Vietnam In 1956 to was again transferred to the Khmer Republic Cambodia as E-312 The ship reached the the Philippines in 1975 and finally became Negros Oriental PS 26 It was decommissioned on 29 March 1990 and sold for scrap Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-84000/NH-84056 html NH 84056 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command ca 1954 U S Navy copied from CVL-48-1233 L in Naval Attache Report PD-USGov-Military-Navy Submarine chasers of France First Indochina War |