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SC-1068



Call sign:
November - Foxtrot - Kilo - Mike


SC-1068 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 10 December 1942 by the Mathis Yacht Building Co. (renamed John Trumpy and Sons), Camden, NJ; Launched 26 March 1943; Commissioned USS SC-1068, 13 April 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Coast Guard 28 February 1946 and renamed Air Snipe; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). 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 6 single release chocks, two sets MK20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles; Propulsion, two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines; Endurance 1500nm @ 12kts.


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SC-1068 160k c. September 2003
Found in fantastic condition in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Chad Manz

There is no DANFS history available for SC-1068 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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