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SC-708



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Charlie - Baker

ex-PC-708


SC-708 served the Navies of the United States and China.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 3 May 1942 by the Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC
  • Launched 26 June 1942
  • Commissioned PC-708, 2 November 1942
  • Reclassified SC-708 in April 1943
  • Struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946
  • Transferred to China 3 September 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 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-708 130k 27 October 1942
    Elizabeth City, NC
    Under construction.
    National Archives photo    		 Dan Treadwell
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-708
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