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USCGC Air Mallard (WAVR 437)
ex-USS SC-772



SC-772 call sign:
Nan - Xray - Roger - Xray

SC-772 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 23 May 1942 by The Peyton Co., Newport Beach, CA; Launched, 7 September 1942; Commissioned USS
SC-772, 15 April 1943; Transferred to the Coast Guard 7 December 1945 and renamed USCGC Air Mallard (WAVR 437); Sold to private owners and renamed M/V Lady Goodiver; Currently owned by Craig Brezden at Sealand Tackle, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada; After an extensive refit in the spring 2003, she is acting as mothership for Fishing/Kayaking/Diving, etc. adventures off the West coast of Vancouver Island. As of 9 June 2004 Lady Goodiver is for sale after the death of her owner.

Specifications: Displacement 95 t; Length 110'; Beam 17'; Draft 6' 6" (fl); Speed 21 kts.; Complement 28; Armament one 40mm gun mount, one or two twin mount .50 cal. machine gun(s), two or three dcp "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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USS SC-772
SC-772 20k . W. Moser
SC-772 109k 27 March 1943
Off Newport Harbor entrance, Newport Beach, CA
National Archives photo.		 Dan Treadwell
USCGC Air Mallard (WAVR 437)
SC-772 1330k c. 1946
Off San Diego, CA		 Jim Flynn
M/V Lady Goodiver
SC-772 27k Seen as Lady Goodiver. D. Casper
SC-772 68k Spring 2003
M/V Lady Goodiver		 Greg Peacock
There is no DANFS history available for SC-772.
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