USS PC-496 shipwreck

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USS PC-496

USS PC-496 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She sank on 4 June 1943 in the Mediterranean. Although the cause was speculated as a naval mine at the time of her sinking, it was later revealed that PC-496 had been sunk by an Italian submarine.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS PC-496

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