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SCC-686
ex-SC-686



Call sign:
Nan - William - Yoke - Jig

ex-PC-686

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 30 November 1942 as PC-686 by the American Cruiser Co., Trenton, MI
  • Launched 15 April 1943 and reclassified SC-686
  • Commissioned SC-686, 5 July 1943
  • Reclassified as a Control Submarine Chaser, SCC-686, 20 August 1945
  • Grounded in typhoon Louise 9 October 1945 on Kudaka Shima at the entrance to Buckner Bay, Okinawa
  • Destroyed 20 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 110 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
    SC-686 128k Grounded at Kudaka Shima
    From the collection of Vernie George Runnion    		 Meagan Feik
    SC-686 75k Photo shows Okinawa in the center with Buckner bay to the right and the island it was shipwrecked on (the information from Vernie George Runnion says the name of the island is Tsuken Jima-not Kudaka Shima, uncertain which is correct. On investigation both Kudaka and Tsuken are around that bay, so it is very possible that there is confusion)
    From the collection of Vernie George Runnion
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG J. J. Paull, USNR1945
    Courtesy of Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-686
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