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USS ''PC-472'' was a built for the
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during
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. She was transferred to the
French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
in June 1944 and renamed ''Le Ruse''. She remained in French service until 1959.


Career

''PC-472'' was laid down at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in
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, on 1 July 1941; launched on 14 November; and was commissioned on 9 December 1941. The ship was loaned to the
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under
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on 30 June 1944 and was sold to them in March 1949. She remained in their service as ''Le Ruse'' until 1959.


See also

* List of Escorteurs of the French Navy


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