Allied Warships

USS PC-478 (PC-478)

Patrol craft of the PC-461 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypePatrol craft
ClassPC-461 
PennantPC-478 
Built byDefoe Shipbuilding Co. (Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A.) 
Ordered26 Dec 1940 
Laid down17 Dec 1941 
Launched20 Feb 1942 
Commissioned1 Apr 1942 
End service10 May 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 10 May 1946
Stricken on 25 October 1946
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 14 November 1946

 

Commands listed for USS PC-478 (PC-478)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Arthur Noyes Daniels, USNR1 Apr 1942Mid 1943
2Roger F. Hooper, Jr., USNRJune 1943Ear./mid44
3Winslow D. Shaw, USNREar./mid44Mid 1944
4Merrill E. Stodghill, USNRMid 1944Late 1944
5Charles D. Brannan, USNRLate 1944Mid 1945
6Edwin J. Ongerth, USNRJune 194514 Nov 1945

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