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|Ship name=USS ''PC-470''
|Ship builder=eorge Lawley & Sons<br>[[Neponset, Massachusetts]]
|Ship laid down=27 February 1942
|Ship launched=27 June 1942
|Ship commissioned=31 July 1942
|Ship decommissioned=March 1946, [[Portland, Oregon]]
|Ship renamed=USS ''Antigo'' (PC-470), 15 January 1956
|Ship struck=1 July 1960
|Ship fate=unknown
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'''USS ''PC-470''''' was a {{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She was later renamed '''''Antigo'' (PC-470)''' but never saw active service under that name.

==Career==
''PC-470'' was [[keel laying|laid down]] by George Lawley & Sons of [[Neponset, Massachusetts]], on 27 February 1942, and [[launched (ship)|launched]] on 27 June. She was [[commissioned (ship)|commissioned]] on 31 July.<ref name=NS>{{cite web | last = Priolo | first = Gary P. | title = Antigo (PC 470), ex-PC-470 | url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/010470.htm | publisher = Navsource Naval History | year = 2005 | accessdate = 15 September 2009 }}</ref> 

While in the [[Philippines]] during World War II, the ship was holed by a Japanese {{convert|75|mm|in|adj=on|sp=us}} shell at [[Leyte]], but was repaired.<ref>US Navy Discharge Documents, NAVSOURCE, The Forgotten Fleet<!-- Is there a link for this information online? Or is this from a book? More details, please --></ref> ''PC-470'' earned two [[battle star]]s for her [[World War II]] service.<ref name=NS />

''PC-470'' was [[decommissioned (ship)|decommissioned]] in March 1946 at [[Portland, Oregon]], and laid up in the Pacific  Reserve Fleet in the [[Columbia River]]. On 15 January 1956, while in reserve, the ship was renamed ''Antigo'' (PC-470), but never saw any active service under that name. ''Antigo'' was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 1 July 1960. Her ultimate fate is not recorded in [[secondary source]]s.<ref name=NS />

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