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SC-692



Call sign:
Nan - William - Zebra - Fox

ex-PC-692


SC-692 served the Navies of the United States and France
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Built by Calderwood Yacht Yard Inc., Manchester, MA
  • Ordered, 16 February 1942 (contract NOBs-529)
  • Laid down, 26 March 1942
  • Launched, 25 September 1942
  • Commissioned USS PC-692, 25 November 1942
  • Reclassified SC-692, April 1943
  • Transferred to France as CH-131, 17 November 1944
  • Later remubmered P 713 and M 713
  • Struck from Marine Nationale inventory as Q 420, 08 February 1967
  • Final disposition, fate unknown

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 tons
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 15.6 knots
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y Gun," 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
    USS SC-692
    SC-692
    1215069201    		 50k Date and location unknown.
    Photo by C. S. Coffey, Jr.    		 .
    FNS Chasseur 131
    SC-692
    1215069203    		 500k Underway, probably off Toulon in 1950s.
    French Navy photo courtesy of Jacques Druel    		 Jacques Druel
    SC-692
    1215069202    		 92k Bearing hull number M 713, underway off Sfax, Tunisia, September 1956. The M designation indicates use as a baliseur, or dan buoy layer to mark swept lanes through minefields.
    Photo by Enseigne de Vaisseau Philippe Raillard    		 .
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Edward P. Stafford, USNR25 November 1942 - 13 October 1943
    02ENS Charles Shelby Coffey, Jr., USNR13 October 1943 - 17 November 1944
    Courtesy of Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-692
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    Last Updated 03 December 2023