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SC-759



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Peter - Oboe
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 20 August 1942 by the Robinson Marine Construction Co., Benton Harbor, MI
  • Launched 26 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS SC-759, 8 October 1943
  • Decommissioned in June 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 21 January 1948, sold to Fred J. Began of Portland, OR and named Tualatin
  • Sold in 1949 to Roland R. Hurlburt of Hoonah, AK and converted to a tug
  • Sold in 1955 to Bernard F. Thompson of Hoonah
  • Sold in 1977 to Larry J. Wakefield of Seattle, WA and converted to a fish tug
  • Acquired in 1986 by Dwight Gilliam of La Conner, WA
  • Out of documentation in 1993
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 93 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 21 kts.
  • Complement 28Armament: One 40mm mount, one/two twin mount .50 cal. machine guns, two/three depth charge projectors "K Guns," 14 depth charges with six single release chocks, two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four
    7.2 projectiles
  • Propulsion: Two 1,540bhp General Motors (Electro-Motive Div.) 16-184A diesel engines, two shafts.
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    SC-759 68k Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Edwin L. Skinner, USN8 October 1943
    02LTJG D. J. Crimmins, USNR1945
    Courtesy of Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-759
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