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SC-1287


SC-1287 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 19 April 1943 by the Elizabeth City Shipyards, Elizabeth City, NC; Launched 5 June 1943; Commissioned
SC-1287, 30 July 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Soviet Union 27 September 1943 and reclassified BO-205; 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 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 6 single release chocks, two sets MK20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles; Propulsion, two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines; Endurance 1500nm
@ 12kts.


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