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SC-744

Call sign:
November - Xray - Mike - Foxtrot
Sunk 27 November 1944
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 18 February 1942 by the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard Inc., Quincy, MA; Launched 23 May 1942; Commissioned 10 July 1942; Sunk 27 November 1944 by Kamikaze attack in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands.
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, 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 or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines, two shafts.
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