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SC-1359



Call sign:
November - Tango - November - Romeo


SC-1359 served the Navies of the United States and France.

497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 2 November 1942 by the Calderwood Yacht Yard, Inc., Manchester, MA; Launched 3 April 1943; Commissioned USS SC-1359, 3 June 1943; Decommissioned (date unknown); Transferred to France as CH-5 in 1944; 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 27; Armament one single 3"/50 or one single 40mm Bofor gun mount, one or two twin mount .50 cal. machine guns, two or three dcp "K Guns", 14 depth charges with six single release chocks, two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles; Propulsion two General Motors 8-268A diesel or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines, two shafts.


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SC-1359 42k Commissioning day
National Archives photo
T. R. Treadwell
Splinter Fleet website

There is no DANFS history available for SC-1359
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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