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SC-637



Call sign:
Nan - William - Peter- Charlie
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 24 December 191 by the Vinyard Shipbuilding Co., Milford, DE; Launched 10 June 1942; Commissioned 31 July 1942; Transferred to the Foreign Liquidation Commission 27 October 1948. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 148 t; Length 110' 10"; Beam 17'; Draft 6' 6"; Speed 15.6 kts.; Complement 28; Armament one single 40mm 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-749 110k . Alan Ross
SC-637 179k 1 October 1942
Navy Yard Charleston, SC
In dry dock with YMS-9, YMS-10 and YMS-49		 Robert Hall
There is no DANFS history available for SC-637
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