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SC-1001



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Queen - William

ex-PC-1001

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 1 May 1942 by Dingle Boat Works, St. Paul, MN
  • Launched 5 November 1942
  • Commissioned PC-1001, 15 March 1943
  • Reclassified SC-1001 in April 1943
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission 25 July 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6"
  • Speed 15.6 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 40mm mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "K 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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    PC-1144
    1201114402    		 90k PC-1144 and SC-1001 moored at Santiago de Cuba, circa 1945. Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-1001
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