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SC-536



Call sign:
November - Bravo - Foxtrot - Whiskey

SC-536 served the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 29 April 1941 by the Peterson Boat Works, Sturgeon Bay, WI; Launched, 5 March 1942; Commissioned
SC-536, 23 April 1942; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Coast Guard, 19 February 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, (date unknown); Now owned by Pat and Kelly Warga, Bainbridge Island, Washington and named Moonlight Maid. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 98 t; Length 110' 10"; Beam 17' 11"; Max. Draft 6' 6"(fl); Speed 15.6 or 21k; Complement three 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 six 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.


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SC-536 89k . Bob Daly/PC-1181
SC-536 150k c. 1942
US Navy photo
Lillian E. Stump Lockhart
via Victoria Bivens

There is no DANFS history available for SC-536.
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