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SC-504

Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Mike - Able

ex-PC-504

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

Laid down 30 January 1941 by the Rice Brothers Corp., East Boothbay, ME

Launched 14 March 1942

Commissioned USS PC-504, 4 May 1942

Reclassified SC-504 in September 1942

During World War II she served in the Atlantic, Caribbean and South Pacific

Decommissioned in December 1945 at Seattle, WA

Struck from the Naval Register 21 January 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission 30 September 1946

Acquired in 1947 by the Western Fisheries Co. of Seattle for use as a fishing boat and named Wesco No. 50

Sold to the Parks Canning Co. of Seattle, WA for $10,000 and renamed Pacific Laurel

Acquired in 1952 by Jack Cim Yew Ngai of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Acquired in 1961 by Continental Explosives, Ltd. of Vancouver

Acquired in 1977 by Laurel Fish Packers, Ltd. of North Burnaby, British Columbia

On 4 August 2006, the Pacific Laurel was taking on water about 126 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and issued a distress call. A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 cargo plane dropped dewatering pumps and

two U.S. Navy ships USS Peleliu (LHA-5) and USS Port Royal (CG-73) rescued four people using several helicopters

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 148 t.

Length 110' 10"

Beam 17'

Draft 6' 6"

Speed 15.6 kts.

Complement 28

Armament: One 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y Guns" and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
SC-504
	20k	Rice Brothers Corporation (East Boothbay, Maine) was founded by Henry W. Rice and his brothers William and Frank in 1892. Henry bought out his brothers and ran the yard with his sons, Donald, Baxter (Roberts father) and Carl until 1956. The yard was sold several times afterward and was bought by Washburn & Doughty in 1988. The picture shows the yard from the water front in 1942, the PC-504 (later SC-504) on the left is ready for launching, the PC-503 (later SC-503) is fitting out and the YMS-12 is dockside fitting out
Pacific Laurel
	78k	c. April 1973 Campbell Avenue Docks, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Photo courtesy of University of British Columbia Historical Photographs)	Robert Hurst
	50k	Photo courtesy of University of British Columbia Historical Photographs)
	74k	Photo courtesy of University of British Columbia Historical Photographs)
	82k	Taking on water U.S. Coast Guard video from http://www.splinterfleetorg/sfafloat.php courtesy of Theodore R. Treadwell
	112k	A Coast Guard C-130 dropping a dewatering pump to Pacific Laurel U.S. Coast Guard video from http://www.splinterfleetorg/sfafloat.php courtesy of Theodore R. Treadwell