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SC-524
ex-PC-524



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Peter - William


SC-524 served the Navies of the United States and France.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Built by Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ (YN 251)
  • Ordered, 01 April 1941 (contract NOS-83549)
  • Laid down, 29 May 1941
  • Launched, 19 September 1941
  • Commissioned, USS PC-524, 13 April 1942
  • Reclassified SC-524, April 1943
  • Transferred to France as Tirailleur (CH 101) at Toulon, 06 October 1944
  • Later renumbered M 690, CH 690 and P 690
  • Withdrawn from service, 02 January 1958
  • Final disposition, scrapped 1967

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 tons
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 15.6 knots
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 40mm mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "Y 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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-497
    1215049701    		 161k Exploded view of SC-497 class Subchaser. © 1997 Theodore R. Treadwell
    FNS Chasseur 111
    SC-524
    1215052401    		 98k Chasseur 101 moored in a nest alongside an unidentified battleship at Toulon, probably in the early 1950s.
    French Navy photos courtesy of Jacques Druel    		 Jacques Druel
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