Submarine Chaser SC-757

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SC-757 / PGM-2


SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 16 July 1942 by the Robinson Marine Construction Co., Benton Harbor, MI; Launched, 17 June 1943; Commissioned USS SC-757, 12 August 1943; Converted to a Motor Gunboat and renamed USS PGM-2, October 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, June 1946; Final Disposition, sold May 1947 and delivered to the Foreign Liquidation Commission at Subic Bay, Philippines. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 116 t; Length 110' 10"; Beam 17' 11"; Max. Draft 6' 6" (fl); Speed estimated at 21 kts; 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 guns, 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 16-184A "pancake" engines rated at 1540 shp; Endurance 1500nm @ 12kts.
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SC-757 144k Builder's photo, c.August 1943.
US Navy photo # NH 96484
Naval Historical Center
SC-757 111k Builder's photo, c.August 1943.
Navy photo # NH 96485
Naval Historical Center

There is no DANFS history available for SC-757/PGM-2 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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 CAPT J. Henry Doscher, USN, Ret.
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