Submarine chaser

A submarine chaser or subchaser is a type of small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare.

Also in World War II, larger 173-foot (53 m) PC-461-class submarine chasers used the PC hull classification symbol (for Patrol, Coastal).

[5][6][2] Eight British Fairmile B motor launches were transferred from Canada to the US in World War II, and included the SC-1466 class of sub-chasers.

[9] In the decade immediately after World War II, the Soviet Union built 227 Kronshtadt-class submarine chasers, some of which remained in active service until the 1990s.

The only remaining submarine chaser with intact World War II armament is the Royal Norwegian Navy's HNoMS Hitra, which is a touring museum today.

A World War II type submarine chaser built in 1953, originally PC1610, is being restored in the Netherlands as Le Fougueux.