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SC-1492



Call sign:
November - Uniform - Papa - Whiskey


SC-1492 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 23 June 1943 at Simms Brothers, Dorchester, MA; Launched, 8 December 1943; Commissioned USS SC-1492, 22 April 1944; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Soviet Union, 7 June 1944 and reclassified BO-218; 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 3 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 8-268A, 1440 hp or two General Motors 16-184-A "pancake" engines; Endurance 1500 nm @ 12kts.


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SC-1492 72k Miami, FL Bob Goll
SC-1492 52k Miami, FL Bob Goll
SC-1492 79k Miami, FL Bob Goll

There is no DANFS history available for SC-1492.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II

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