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SC-1050



Call sign:
Nan - Dog - How - Able

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 4 May 1942 by Ventnor Boat Works, Inc., West Atlantic City, NJ
  • Launched 9 May 1943
  • Commissioned 8 August 1943
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 20 November 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 95 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"(fl)
  • Speed 21 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 40mm gun mount, one or two twin .50 cal. machine guns, two or three depth charge projector "K Guns," 14 depth charges with six single release chocks and two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles
  • Propulsion: Two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-1050 133k c. 1943
    U.S. Navy Photo    		 Joe Radigan
    SC-1050 107k c. 1943
    U.S. Navy Photo    		 Joe Radigan
    SC-1370 125k c. December 1943
    Bishop's Point, Oahu, HI
    SC-1370 between an unindentified SC and SC-1050. SC-1008 is at the opposite pier.    		 Charles Martin
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-1050
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Patrol Craft Sailors Association
    Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II
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    This page was created by Gary P. Priolo & maintained by Joseph M. Radigan (of blessed memory) & Michael Mohl