USS PC-472

USS PC-472

USS "PC-472", a 280-ton 173-foot submarine chaser, was laid down at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, on 1 July 1941; launched on 14 November; and was commissioned on 9 December 1941.

The ship was loaned to the French under Lend-Lease on 30 June 1944 and was sold to them in March 1949. She remained in their service as "Le Ruse" until 1959.


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