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SC-984

Grounded 9 April 1944

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 10 June 1942 by the Vineyard Shipbuilding Co., Milford, DE; Launched 19 December 1942; Commissioned 26 February 1943; Grounded and sunk off New Hebrides 9 April 1944. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 98 t; Length 110' 10"; Beam 17' 11"; Max. Draft 6' 6"(fl); Speed 15.6 or 21k; Complement 3 Officers 24 Enlisted; Armament one Single 3"/50 or one Single 40mm Bofor Gun Mount, one or two twin mount .50-cal machine gun(s), two or three dcp "K Guns", 14 Depth Charges with 6 single release chocks, two sets MK20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles; Propulsion two General Motors 8-268A or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" diesel engines, two shafts.


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