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USCGC Air Merlin (WAVR 439)
ex-USS SC-985



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Jig - Tare

ex-USS PC-985


SC-985 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 3 April 1942 by John E. Matton and Son, Inc., Cohoes, NY
  • Launched 18 September 1942
  • Commissioned USS PC-985, 19 December 1942 under the command of LTJG Daniel F. Larkin, USNR
  • Reclassified SC-985 in April 1943
  • Decommissioned 20 August 1945
  • Transferred to the Coast Guard 30 October 1945 and commissioned USCGC Air Merlin (WAVR 439)
  • Sold 26 September 1947
  • Acquired in 1949 by Bebe Inc. of Morehead City, NC for use as a fishing boat and named Miss Morehead
  • Acquired in 1951 by Merlin, Inc. of Morehead City
  • Acquired in 1954 by Patricia Ann Webb of Beaufort, NC
  • Acquired in 1959 by John Santos Carinhas of Patterson, LA
  • Abandoned in 1964.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 111 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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