Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online:
Submarine Chaser Photo Archive

PC-478



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Easy - Mike
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 17 December 1941 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; Launched, 20 February 1942; Commissioned USS PC-478, 1 April 1942 at New Orleans, LA. During World War II, PC-477 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater of operations; Decommissioned, 10 May 1946; Struck from the Navy Register 25 October 1946; Sold for scrap 14 November 1946 to Zidell Shipbreakers of Portland, OR.

Specifications: Displacement 450 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 20.2 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 2,880bhp General Motors 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 6329 and 6330), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image
For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
PC-478 46k c. February 1942.
Defoe Shipbuilding Company.
Great Lakes Institute photo		 Bob Daly/PC-1181
There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-478
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Submarine Chaser (PC) Photo Index
Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2005 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.