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SC-498



Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Dog - Charlie

ex-PC-498


SC-498 served the Navies of the United States and France.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Built by Westergard Boat Works, Inc., Rockport, TX
  • Liad down, 12 March 1941
  • Launched, 21 July 1941
  • Commissioned USSPC-498, 29 April 1942
  • Reclassified SC-498, April 1943
  • Transferred to France as Chasseur 142 at Toulon, 18 October 1944
  • Numbered P-696, 1950s
  • Final disposition, fate unknown

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 tons
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 15.6 knots
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y Gun," 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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    USS PC-498
    SC-498
    1215049802    		 151k Underway, date and location unknown.National Archives photo Dan Treadwell
    FNS Chasseur 142
    SC-498
    1215049803    		 153k Three views of Chasseur 142 in the Toulon area, 12 June 1950.
    French Navy photo courtesy of Jacques Druel    		 Jacques Druel
    SC-498
    1215049804    		 187k
    SC-498
    1215049805    		 149k
    SC-498
    1215049801    		 55k Underway with NATO pennant number P 796, circa late 1950s. Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-498
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