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SC-636



Call sign:
Nan - William - Oboe - Yoke

ex-PC-636

Sunk 9 October 1945
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 29 August 1941 by the Vinyard Shipbuilding Co., Milford, DE
  • Launched 14 May 1942
  • Commissioned USS PC-636, 11 July 1942
  • Reclassified SC-636 in April 1943
  • Sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 9 October 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 24 October 1945.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 83 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 15.6 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 40mm mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y Guns," and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp 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-636 246k Ready for christening at the Vinyard S. B. Co., Milford, Del., 14 May 1942
    National Archives photo 19-N-30300    		 Mike Green
    SC-636 286k Launching at the Vinyard S. B. Co., Milford, Del., 14 May 1942
    National Archives photo 19-N-30301
    SC-636 233k Launched and awaiting tow to fitting out berth, at Vinyard S. B. Co., Milford, Del., 14 May 1942
    National Archives photo 19-N-30299
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG W. H. Jackson, USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-636
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