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SC-978



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - How - Jig

ex-PC-978


SC-978 served the Navies of the United States and France.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 9 May 1942 by Simms Brothers, Dorchester, MA
  • Launched 10 October 1942
  • Commissioned USS PC-978, 8 December 1942
  • Reclassified SC-978 in April 1943
  • During 1943, SC-978 was commanded by B. W. Pattridge, Jr. She operated in the Caribbean for a few months and then crossed the Atlantic to Africa, Sicily and Italy. She also served at Anzio and the
    South of France and remained in the european combat zone for a major portion of her career with the U.S. Navy
  • Transferred to France 26 October 1944 and reclassified CH-145
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 103 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6" (fl)
  • Speed 15.6 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • Armament: One 40mm gun mount, one/two twin mount .50 cal. machine guns, two/three depth charge projector "K Guns", 14 depth charges with six single release chocks and two sets Mk20 Mousetrap
    rails with four 7.2 projectors
  • Propulsion: Two 800bhp 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-977 182k SC-977 and SC-978 after having just been launched with builder, William E. Simms and his wife Ruby
    in foreground    		 Harold G. Simms, son of the builder, William E. Simms and nephew of Eric J. Simms - the Simms brothers
    SC-655 147k SC-978 and SC-655 taking on supplies and provisions from the USS Brooklyn [CL 40] during the invasion of southern France
    National Archives photo from "Splinter Fleet" by Theodore R. Treadwell    		 Robert Hurst
    SC-978 114k c. July 1943
    Coming alongside the destroyer Buck (DD 420) en route to the invasion of Sicily
    National Archives photo    		 Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-978
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