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SC-680



Call sign:
Nan - William - Xray - Mike

ex-PC-680

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 17 March 1942 by the Thomas Knutson Shipbuilding Corp., Halesite, Long Island, NY
  • Launched 7 September 1942
  • Commissioned PC-680, 1 February 1943
  • Reclassified SC-680 in April 1943
  • Decommissioned 14 January 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 25 February 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 13 November 1946
  • Acquired in 1950 by Phillips Petroleum Co. of Houston, TX for use as an oil exploration vessel and named Phillips 7
  • Acquired in 1957 by Hamilton Brothers, Inc. of Tampa, FL for use as a fishing boat
  • Scrapped in 1964.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 15.6 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 40mm mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y Guns," and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Paul C. Danforth, USNR1 February 1943
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-680
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