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SC-508



Call sign: November - Uniform - Romeo - Romeo



SC-508 served the Navies of the United States and France.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 10 February 1941 by the Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ; Launched, 25 July 1941; Commissioned USS SC-508, 27 March 1942; Decommissioned (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Transferred to France under Lend-lease, 18 March 1944. Sold to France, March 1949. Her name in the French Navy was originally CH-95, later changed to P-703. Fate unknown.

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 six single release chocks, two sets MK20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles; Propulsion, Two GM Straight 8 Diesel (8-268-A) 1440hp or Two GM 16 Cyl. 184-A "pancake" engines; Endurance 1500nm @ 12kts.

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SC-508 175k Moored outboard of SC-669 at Charleston Navy Yard, 10 August 1942. In background, at left, is the small steamer Mary Queen of Augusta, GA
US Navy photo # NH 96482
US Naval Historical Center

There is no DANFS history available for SC-508 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

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