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SC-659



Call sign: November - Whiskey - Tango - Charlie



SC-659 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 16 December 1941 by American Cruiser Inc., Trenton, MI; Launched 29 June 1942; Commissioned 7 October 1942; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Coast Guard 19 October 1945. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 148 t; Length 110"; Beam 17'; Draft 6' 6"; Speed 21 or 15.6 kts; Complement 28; Armament one single 3"/23 gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two dcp "Y Gun," and two dct; Propulsion two General Motors 8-268A diesel engines or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines,
two shafts.
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SC-497 161k Exploded view of SC-497 class Subchaser. © 1997 Theodore R. Treadwell

There is no DANFS history available for SC-659 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable to this Vessel
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II

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