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SC-497



Call sign: November - Uniform - Bravo - Bravo



SC-497 served the Navies of the United States and France.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 7 March 1941 by the Westergard Boat Works, Inc., Rockport, TX; Launched, 4 July 1941; Commissioned USS SC-497, 15 April 1942; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to France 18 March 1944 as CH-96; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); 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 1,540 or 880 hp diesel 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-497
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II

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