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USCGC Air Heron (WAVR 429)
ex-USS SC-684



Call sign:
Nan - William - Yoke - Able

ex-USS PC-684

SC-684 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 6 July 1942 by American Cruiser Works, Riverside, MI
  • Launched 21 November 1942
  • Delivered 12 January 1943 and commissioned USS PC-684
  • Reclassified SC-684 in April 1943
  • Transferred to the Coast Guard 12 January 1946 and commissioned USCGC Air Heron (WAVR 429)
  • Struck from the Naval Register 21 January 1946
  • Sold 10 January 1948
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 100 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 Guns," and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,540bhp General Motors (Electro-Motive Div.) 16-184A diesel engines, two shafts.
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