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SC-1013



Call sign:
November - Charlie - Xray - Delta

SC-1013 served both the U. S. Navy and the Coast Guard.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 23 March 1942 by Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT; Launched, 22 July 1942; Commissioned SC-1013, 21 September 1942. An incident in the war gave her the distinction of being one of the ships that escorted the German U-505 back to Bermuda after her capture by three DEs. Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Coast Guard, 23 October 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, (date unknown) as a sightseeing and tour boat on Lake Champlain in upstate New York and named Mount Independence; Sold in 1989 to Bruce P. Keller, Baltimore, MD. 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 MK20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles; Propulsion, two General Motors 8-268A, 1440hp or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines; Endurance 1500nm @ 12kts.
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SC-1013 44k Photo enhanced by Tom Kermen T. R. Treadwell
Splinter Fleet web site
SC-1013 143k c. 1943
US Navy Photo
Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for SC-1013 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II
"Subchaser in the South Pacific"
by J. Henry Doscher, CAPT, USN, Ret.

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