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SC-1372



Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Peter - Dog
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 19 December 1942 by Fellows and Stewart Inc., Wilmington, CA; Launched, 18 June 1943; Commissioned USS SC-1372, 1 November 1943; Disposed of 9 February 1948; Sold to David Baxter, named Cairdeas and moored at Orcas Island, Washington. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 95 t; Length 110' 10"; Beam 17'; Draft 6' 6" (fl); Speed 21 kts.; Complement 28; Armament one 40mm gun mount forward, three 20-mm mounts port, starboard and aft, one .50 cal. machine gun on the flying bridge, 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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SC-1372 197k 8 June 1943
Fellows and Stewart, Inc., Terminal Island, CA
Crowd gathering for the launching
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
SC-1372 205k 8 June 1943
Launching ceremony
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
SC-1372 184k 8 June 1943
Fellows and Stewart, Inc., Terminal Island, CA
Mrs. Edward Vorhees, Ships Sponsor, preparing to christen the ship
Photo by Kent Hitchcock, Marine and Commercial Photographer, Balboa, CA
National Archives photo 80-G-381542		 Dan Treadwell
SC-1372 224k 8 June 1943
Fellows and Stewart, Inc., Terminal Island, CA
Mrs. Edward Vorhees, Ships Sponsor, christening the ship
Photo by Kent Hitchcock, Marine and Commercial Photographer, Balboa, CA
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
SC-1372 147k 1 April 1944
Floating Dry Dock Training Center Tiburon, CA
The tailgate of ARD-18 being lowered for flooding to receive SC-1372, above
National Archives photo 80-G-356910		 Dan Treadwell
SC-1372 184k 1 April 1944
Floating Dry Dock Training Center Tiburon, CA
On blocks in ARD-18
National Archives photo 80-G-356913		 Dan Treadwell
There is no DANFS history available for SC-1372
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