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SC-508
ex-PC-508



Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Roger - Roger


SC-508 served the Navies of the United States and France.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 10 February 1941 by the Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ
  • Launched 25 July 1941
  • Commissioned USS PC-508, 27 March 1942
  • Reclassified SC-508 in April 1943
  • Damaged 18 September 1943 by a near-miss by a German bomb off Salerno
  • Transferred to France under Lend-lease 18 March 1944 and reclassified CH-95
  • Sold to France in March 1949
  • Reclassified CH-703 in 1952
  • Reclassified P-703
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 21 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y Gun," and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,540bhp General Motors (Electro-Motive Div.) 16-184A diesel engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PC-508
    SC-508 117k c. 1942
    Photos from the Mathis collection    		 John Chiquoine
    Photos added 16 September 2019
    SC-508 159k
    USS SC-508
    SC-508 175k Moored outboard of SC-669 at Charleston Navy Yard, 10 August 1942. In background, at left, is the small steamer Mary Queen of Augusta, GA
    U.S. Navy photo NH 96482    		 Naval Historical Center
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-508
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