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SC-709

Grounded 21 January 1943

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 10 June 1942 by the Elizabeth City Shipyard, Elizabeth City, NC; Launched, 15 July 1942; Commissioned 16 November 1942; Lost by grounding 21 January 1943 at Louisbourgh, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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 6 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" diesel engines, two shafts.
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SC-709 56k January 1943
Grounded at Louisbourgh, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo courtesy Royal Canadian Air Force
via T. R. Treadwell
Splinter Fleet web site

There is no DANFS history available for SC-709
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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