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SC-773



Call sign:
November - Xray - Sierra - Alpha

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 23 May 1942 by The Peyton Co., Newport Beach, CA; Launched 17 October 1942; Commissioned 12 May 1943; Transferred to the Maritime Commission 11 February 1948. 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 Mk K20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles; Propulsion two General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, 1440hp or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines, two shafts.


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SC-773 104k . Laurie Reilly-Gruhn

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