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SC-1343



Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Love - Zebra

ex-PC-1343

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 23 November 1942 as PC-1343 by Rice Brothers and Co., Rockport, TX
  • Launched 20 February 1943
  • Reclassified SC-1343 in April 1943
  • Commissioned 9 August 1943
  • Struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946
  • Disposed of 3 August 1946.

    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 "K Guns," two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-1343 175k 10 July 1943
    Rice Brothers and Co., Rockport, TX
    Deck view of SC-1343 and SC-1344
    National Archives photo    		 Dan Treadwell
    SC-1343 139k 10 July 1943
    Rice Brothers and Co., Rockport, TX
    Forward deck view
    National Archives photos
    SC-1343 167k
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-1343
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Patrol Craft Sailors Association
    "Subchaser in the South Pacific"
    by J. Henry Doscher, CAPT, USN, Ret.
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