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SCC-1306
ex-SC-1306



Call sign: November - Tango - Hotel - Papa

Destroyed 7 January 1946

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 6 October 1942 by the Daytona Beach Boat Works, Daytona Beach, FL; Launched, 25 March 1943; Commissioned USS SC-1306, 4 September 1943; Reclassified as a Control Submarine Chaser SCC-1306, 20 August 1945; Grounded at Okinawa 9 October 1945 during Typhoon Louise and determined to be beyond economical repair; Destroyed, 7 January 1946.

Specifications: Displacement 98 t; Length 110' 10"; Beam 17' 11"; Max. Draft 6' 6"(fl); Speed 15.6 or 21k; Complement three 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 General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, 1,440 hp or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" diesel engines; two shafts.
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LCS-16/SC-1306 74k 1 April 1945. USS LCS(L)(3)-16 maneuvering with
USS SC-1306 off Okinawa.
National Archives Photo
National Association of
USS LCS(L) 1-130
SC-1306 46k c. October 1945
Aground at Buckner Bay, Okinawa.
Photo enhanced by Tom Kermen.
Robert Harper

There is no DANFS History currently available for SC-1306
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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