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PC-477



Call sign: November - Bravo - Delta - Delta

PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 22 November 1941 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI; Launched, 28 January 1942; Commissioned USS PC-477, 30 March 1942. During World War II, PC-477 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater of operations and participated in the Noemfoor Island operation, 2 - 3 July 1944; and the Cape Sansapor operation, 16 - 22 August 1944. Decommissioned, 15 August 1946 at Terminal Island, CA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold for scrap, 4 December 1946 to J. C. Berkwit and Co.

Specifications: Displacement 280 t.(lt) , 450 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 # 6325 and 6326), two screws.

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PC-477 69k Refueling from USS Long Island (CVE 1) off Florida, 1942. Lannie G. Walker SM3, crewmember PC-476

There is no DANFS History currently available for PC-477 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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

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