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SC-522



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Nan - Able

ex-PC-522


SC-522 served the Navies of the United States and France.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 14 May 1941 as PC-522 by the Annapolis Yacht Yard Inc., Annapolis, MD; Launched, 18 February 1942; Commissioned USS SC-522, 15 April 1942; Transferred to France 27 September 1944 as CH-111. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 148 t; Length 110"; Beam 17'; Draft 6' 6"; Speed 21 or 15.6 kts; Complement 28; Armament one single 3"/23 gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two dcp "Y Gun," and two dct; Propulsion two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

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SC-522 72k . David P. Rakestraw
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Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II
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