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SC-1633
SC-1633 built for Thailand.
SC-1627 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down in 1955 as SC-1633 by the South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA; Transferred to Thailand as SC-32; Reclassified as SC-8; Scrapped in 1973.
Specifications: Displacement 169 t.; Length 119'; Beam 20'; Draft 6.2'; Speed 15.5 kts.; Complement 27; Armament one 40-mm, three 20-mm, one mousetrap, two depth charge racks and two k-guns; Propulsion diesel,
two shafts.
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SC-1633 |
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5 April 1955 Port bow view off South Coast Co., Newport Beach National Archives photo |
Dan Treadwell |
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5 April 1955 Stern view off South Coast Co., Newport Beach National Archives photo |
Dan Treadwell |
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5 April 1955 Port quarter view off South Coast Co., Newport Beach National Archives photo |
Dan Treadwell |
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5 April 1955 Port beam view off South Coast Co., Newport Beach National Archives photo |
Dan Treadwell |
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5 April 1955 Bow view off South Coast Co., Newport Beach National Archives photo |
Dan Treadwell |
RTN SC-32 |
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Robert Hurst |
There is no DANFS history available for SC-1633
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