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SC-981



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Item - Oboe

ex-PC-981

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 14 March 1942 by the Vinyard Shipbuilding Co., Milford, DE
  • Launched 14 August 1942
  • Commissioned PC-981, 2 October 1942
  • Reclassified SC-981 in April 1943
  • Disposed of 14 January 1946.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 103 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 "K 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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