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PC-475



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Oboe - George


PC-475 served the Navies of the United States and France.
PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 11 September 1941 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan; Launched, 16 December 1941; Commissioned USS PC-475, 27 December 1941. During World War II, PC-475 was assigned to the European theater of operations. Decommissioned and transferred to France 23 June 1944 at Casablanca, Morocco as Le Resolu (W 33); Decommissioned 6 January 1951. Fate unknown.

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. 6317 and 6318), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.
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