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SC-1012



Call sign:
November - Charlie - Victor - India



SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 7 September 1942 by Fellows and Stewart, Wilmington, CA; Launched, 28 December 1942; Commissioned USS SC-1012, 18 August 1943; Grounded at Okinawa by hurricane Louise, October 1945 and damaged beyond repair; Destroyed, 1 January 1946.

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 diesel engines, 1440 hp or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines; Endurance 1500 nm @ 12kts.
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SC-1012 64k Photo enhanced by Tom Kermen Jim Myers
SC-1012 49k - Jim Myers
SC-1012 59k Photo enhanced by Tom Kermen Jim Myers

There is no DANFS history available for SC-1012 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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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