USS ''PC-465'' was a built for the

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during

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. She was later renamed ''Paragould'' (PC-465) but never saw active service under that name. In 1961 she was transferred to the

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under the name ARV ''Pulpo'' (P-7). She remained active in Venezuelan service until 1968, when she was placed in reserve. She was stricken in 1978 but her ultimate fate is unknown.

Career

''PC-465'' was laid down on 19 August 1941 by

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Corp. at

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, launched on 28 March 1942, sponsored by Miss Edna Tamm, and commissioned at

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on 25 May, as USS ''PC-465''. On her maiden voyage from Boston to

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, ''PC-465'' served as an anti-submarine

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escort. Thence from Norfolk she provided escort service for a second convoy, this time to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In August ''PC-465'' commenced patrol and escort operations between

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and Guantanamo Bay. She also called at several Central and South American ports. After a short overhaul at

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in June 1943, she resumed convoy escort duties in the

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. ''PC-465'' underwent a major overhaul at Key West during the summer of 1944 preparatory to transit to

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. She reported on 6 December to Commander,

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, and immediately commenced inter-island convoy escort duty and patrol. In January and February 1945 she escorted a convoy as far as

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, touching at

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, Fanning, and

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s in the process. She was next assigned operations out of

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, and from May through August she performed as a convoy escort, patrol, and hunter-killer craft. ''PC-465'' transferred to

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on 19 August, but served there only briefly before returning to the United States. ''PC-465'' was placed out of commission, in reserve and berthed at

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in 1946. Named ''Paragould'' (PC-465) on 15 January 1956, she was struck from the

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on 1 July 1960. ''Paragould'' was transferred to Venezuela in April 1961 and renamed ''Pulpo'' (P-7). Placed in reserve in 1968, she was deleted from Venezuelan Navy List in 1978. Fate unknown.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:PC-0465 PC-461-class submarine chasers Ships built in Boston 1942 ships World War II patrol vessels of the United States Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela Patrol vessels of the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela