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PC-476



Call sign: November - Alpha - Uniform - Foxtrot

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 2 October 1941 by the Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan; Launched 1 January 1942; Commissioned 18 March 1942 at New Orleans, LA. During World War II, PC-476 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. Struck from the Naval Register, 23 December 1947; Turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 1 July 1948; Sold for scrapping, 1 July 1948 to Dulien Steel Products Inc., Los
Angeles, CA.

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, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two General Motors 16-258S diesel engines (Serial # 6319 and 6320); two shafts.


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PC-476 72k Refueling from USS Long Island (CVE-1) off Florida, 1942.
U.S. Navy photo
Lannie G. Walker SM3,
former crewmember

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-476.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
"PC Patrol Craft of World War II"
by William J. Veigele, Ph.D, USNR, Ret. PC-793
A CD of gathered materials about PC-476 is available from Lannie G. Walker
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