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After receiving improved armaments--40-millimeter guns and a Mark 20 depth-charge projector ("Mousetrap")--at the New York Navy Yard, PC-617 sailed with TU 27.8 on 15 November for operations in the central Atlantic. On 30 November, however, salt water corrosion damaged her sound gear, and PC-617 sailed for Casablanca, arriving there on 1 December. After repairs in a floating drydock, she helped search for enemy blockade runners near the Azores before returning to Tompkinsville on the 30th.

After receiving improved armaments—40-millimeter guns and a Mark 20 depth-charge projector ("Mousetrap")--at the New York Navy Yard, PC-617 sailed with TU 27.8 on 15 November for operations in the central Atlantic. On 30 November, however, salt water corrosion damaged her sound gear, and PC-617 sailed for Casablanca, arriving there on 1 December. After repairs in a floating drydock, she helped search for enemy blockade runners near the Azores before returning to Tompkinsville on the 30th.

Beeville received one battle star for her World War II service as PC-617.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm]</ref>

Beeville received one battle star for her World War II service as PC-617.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]</ref>

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