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SC-767
ex-PC-767


SC-767 served the Navies of the United States and Brazil.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 18 April 1942 by W. A. Robinson, Inc., Ipswich, MA
  • Launched 7 December 1942
  • Commissioned USS PC-767, 2 January 1943
  • Transferred to Brazil 16 February 1943 and named Jaguaribe (CS 56)
  • Reclassified SC-767 by U.S. Navy in April 1943
  • Reclassified J-6 after World War II
  • Decommissioned in 1951
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 15.6 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 3'/23 mount, two 20mm mounts, two Mousetrap depth charge projectors, two K-Gun depth charge projectors 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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    SC-767 156k Refueling from the Brazilian Cruiser Bahia The Sixtant.Com World War II in the South Atlantic website
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