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SC-1057



Call sign:
November - Delta - November - Delta



SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 7 May 1942 by Gulf Marine Ways, Inc., Galveston, TX; Launched, 11 November 1942; Commissioned USS SC-1057, 19 May 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, 22 July 1948 and renamed Bonner Lee; Sold in 1997 to Paul and Maria Purdum at St. Augustine, FL; Began restoration work at King's Bay, Crystal City, FL; Declared a derelict by local politicians and ordered removed; Dismantled in March 2003 and dumped in the Citrus County, FL central landfill.

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, 1440hp or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines; Endurance 1500nm @ 12kts, two shafts.
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SC-1057 66k Seen here as the Bonner Lee Jim Myers

There is no DANFS history available for SC-1057
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II
"Subchaser in the South Pacific"
by J. Henry Doscher, CAPT, USN, Ret.

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