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SC-705



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Baker - Nan
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 7 March 1942 by the Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC; Launched, 24 April 1942; Commissioned 2 October 1942; Decommissioned 22 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3 September 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 95 t; Length 110' 10"; Beam 17'; Draft 6' 6"; Speed 15.6 kts.; Armament one 40mm gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, one dcp "Y Gun"; Complement 28; Propulsion two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

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SC-705 48k c. August 1945
North Atlantic		 Vincent A. Grobbel, BM1/c, USCG
via Mike Grobbel
SC-705 122k 6 August 1945
Crew of SC-705 preparing to be towed by the USS Davenport (PF 69) from the North Atlantic to
Reykjavik, Iceland.		 Vincent A. Grobbel, BM1/c, USCG
via Mike Grobbel
SC-705 42k 6 August 1945
Crew of SC-705 preparing to be towed by the USS Davenport (PF 69) from the North Atlantic to
Reykjavik, Iceland.		 Vincent A. Grobbel, BM1/c, USCG
via Mike Grobbel
There is no DANFS history available for SC-705
History Addendum:

SC-705

She was laid down on 7 March 1942 by the Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. She was launched on 24 April 1942 and commissioned as USS SC-705 on 2 October 1942 with her Coast Guard crew aboard. Her Coast Guard crew was removed on 22 January 1946.

She was decommissioned on 22 January 1946. She was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 3 September 1946; Struck from the Naval Register. Fate unknown.

Her commanding officers were (list incomplete): LTJG J. F. Claussen; LTJG W. L. Martin (24 July 1945); ENS C. W. Roll (22 September 1945).

SC-705's Official Coast Guard History

COMMISSIONING

The USS SC-705 was commissioned on 2 October 1942. (1942 and 1943 War Diaries are not available).

From January 1, 1944 to May 1, 1944, the SC-705 was on patrol duty in Green land waters, mostly in Patrol Area No. 3, in Areuk Fjord, Greenland. Other areas ware also patrolled the SC-705 relieving SCs 704, 688, 527, and 689. Between patrols the SC-705 moored at Gronne Dal usually making a stop at Ivigtut en route to her mooring.

TO BOSTON

On May 1, 1944, the SC-705 departed Gronne Dal en route Argentia in convoy with USS NORTHLAND [WPG-49], SC-688 and SC-689. Arriving on the 6th she departed on the 9th for Boston in company with three other escorts arriving on the 12th, where she remained for repairs until June 14, 1944, when she departed for Casco Bay, Maine, for training exercises. On the 22nd she was underway for Argentia. Here on July 6th she was damaged slightly by a fire around the galley stack. On the 10th she departed for Gronne Dal arriving on the 14th.

PATROL DUTY

The SC-705 remained in Greenland on patrol duty of area No. 3 in Arsuk Fjord until December 8, 1944, when she departed in convoy with two other escorts for Boston, via St. John's, arriving on September 21, 1944.

TOWING TARGETS

Remaining at Chelsea Navy Yard Annex until October 10, 1944, on availability the SC-705 departed for Quonset Point, Rhode Island, on October 15, 1944, where she was assigned radar target towing duty. She remained on this duty during the rest of 1944.

DECOMMISSIONING

The SC-705 was decommissioned January 22, 1946.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
SC-705 Deck Log Excerpts
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