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SCC-1349
ex-SC-1349



Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Mike - Queen
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:>

  • Laid down 27 April 1943 by the Fisher Boats Works, Inc., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 11 September 1943
  • Commissioned USS SC-1349 12 November 1943
  • Reclassified as a Control Submarine Chaser, SCC-1349, 20 August 1945
  • Destroyed 21 August 1946.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 95 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6" (fl)
  • Speed 15.6 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • 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 Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four
    7.2 projectiles
  • Propulsion: Two 770bhp General Motors (Electro-Motive Div.) 16-184A diesel engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    LCI(L)-561 89k LCI(G)-561 off Okinawa, April 1945. Close-up of 40mm bow gun and the two forward 20mm guns. Visible off LCI(G)-561's bow are SC-1349 as well as LCI(G)-452. Note the port and starboard rocket launchers are loaded in this photo Photo by Ens. Mel Zolkover,
    USS LCI(G)-561
    SC-1349 216k c. November 1945
    Shanghai, China
    Crew photo    		 Dan Treadwell
    SC-1349 186k
    There is no DANFS history available for SCC-1349
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