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USCGC Air Egret (WAVR 420)
ex-USS SC-642



Call sign:
Nan - William - Queen - Fox

ex-USS PC-642


SC-642 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 28 October 1941 by the Peterson Boat Works, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
  • Launched 30 May 1942
  • Delivered 4 August 1942 and commissioned USS PC-642
  • Reclassified SC-642 in April 1943
  • Transferred to the Coast Guard 24 January 1946 and commissioned USCGC Air Egret (WAVR 420)
  • Struck from the Naval Register 7 February 1946
  • Sold 11 March 1948
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 98 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6" (fl)
  • Speed 21 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 40mm gun mount, one/two twin .50 cal. machine guns, two/three depth charge projector "K Guns", 14 depth charges with six single release chocks, and two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles
  • 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
    SC-642 146k - Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    SC-642 6k - -
    SC-642 303k 26 July 1944
    Chaffee (DE 230) underway slowly with SC-642alongside
    National Archives photos 80-G-245620 and 80-G-245621 courtesy of Chris Wright    		 Ed Zajkowski
    SC-642 557k
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-642
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Patrol Craft Sailors Association
    "Subchaser in the South Pacific"
    by J. Henry Doscher, CAPT, USN, Ret.
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