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SC-534



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Able - Roger

ex-PC-534


SC-534 served the Navies of the United States and France.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 23 May 1941 as PC-534 by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT; Launched, 27 April 1942; Commissioned USS SC-534, 11 July 1942; Transferred to France 28 October 1944 as CH-122. 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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For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
SC-534 41k c. March 1942
Library of Congress photo 8b04223r		 Joe Radigan
SC-534 58k c. March 1942
Library of Congress photo 8b04224r		 Joe Radigan
SC-534 138k c. March 1942
Library of Congress photo 1a35047v		 Bill Gonyo
There is no DANFS history available for SC-534
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Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II
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