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SC-635



Call sign: November - Whiskey - Oscar - Uniform


SC-635 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 6 June 1942 by the Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ; Launched 12 October 1942; Commissioned USS SC-635, 23 October 1942; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Coast Guard 19 October 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, (date unknown), converted into a fishing charter vessel and renamed Bronx Queen; Sank 20 December 1989 off of Ambrose Light, NJ.

Specifications: Displacement 148 t; Length 110"; Beam 17'; Draft 6' 6"; Speed 21 or 15.6 kts; Complement 28; Armament one single 3"/23 gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two dcp "Y Gun," and two dct; Propulsion, two 1,540 or 880 hp diesel engines, two shafts.
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II
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