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SC-998



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Peter - Able

ex-PC-998

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 17 April 1942 as PC-998 by Island Dock Inc., Kingston, NY
  • Launched 13 November 1942
  • Reclassified SC-998 in April 1943
  • Commissioned 1 May 1943 and assigned to Alaskan waters
  • Decommissioned 21 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 19 December 1945
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 27 February 1948
  • Acquired in 1948 by De Loy Hudson of San Diego, CA for use as a fishing boat and named Madre
  • Acquired in 1956 by Alvin Kidman of Torrence, CA
  • Acquired in 1963 by Edwin G. Evans of Redondo Beach, CA
  • Out of documentation in 1969
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 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 "K Gun," and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,540bhp General Motors (Electro-Motive Div.) 16-184A diesel engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-998
    1215099801    		 126k Two views of SC-998 underway near Craig, Alaska, during World War II. Photos from an album belonging to COTP Craig. Levi Ballard,
    Alaska Military History Association
    SC-998
    1215099802    		 74k
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Shipley A. Bayless, USNR1 May 1943
    02LTJG B. G. O'Shea, USNR1945
    Courtesy of Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-998
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