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SC / SCC-1018



Call sign:
November - Charlie - Whiskey - Lima

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 14 April 1942 by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT; Launched 21 November 1942; Commissioned SC-1018, 22 January 1943; Reclassified as a Command Submarine Chaser, SCC-1018, 20 August 1945; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Foreign Liquidation Commission 28 January 1947. 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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