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SC-740
Grounded 17 June 1943
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 24 March 1942 by Julius Petersen, Nyack, NY; Launched 14 July 1942; Commissioned 13 November 1942; Lost by grounding 17 June 1943 on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
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 or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" diesel engines, two shafts.
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