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PC-481



Call sign:
November - Bravo - November - Bravo


PC-481 served the Navies of the United States and France.

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 3 February 1942 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan; Launched, 31 March 1942; Commissioned USS PC-481, 24 April 1942. During World War II, PC-481 was assigned to the European theater of operations. Decommissioned and transferred to France, 16 June 1944 at Casablanca, Morocco as L'Effronté (W 42); Sunk as a target by the French, 29 April 1953; Struck from the Naval Register, 2 May 1953.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 295 t.(fl); Length 175'; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20k; Complement 6 Officers, 53 Enlisted; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns (added one 20 mm on flying bridge, October 1942), two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two General Motors 16-258S diesel engines (Serial # 6341 and 6344), two screws.


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PC-481 32k c. 1946
L'Effronté (W 42)
Courtesy M. Henri Le Masson
Jane's Fighting Ships
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