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SC-1010



Call sign: November - Charlie - Tango - Hotel

SC-1010 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 30 July 1942 by Fellows and Stewart, Wilmington, CA; Launched 12 December 1942; Commissioned 15 July 1943. Rammed 27 September 1943 while patroling the channel outside the Golden Gate Bridge and lost her stern. Towed into San Francisco and had her stern replaced. Transferred to the Coast Guard 6 December 1945. 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 1,540 hp General Motors 16-184A "pancake" diesel engines, two shafts.


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SC-1010 91k Commissioning ceremony.
LTJG L. C. Wilds, CO reads his orders. Two officers to his left are: ENS J. A. Reid, XO and ENS Leonard.
Norris Jamison

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