Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online:
Submarine Chaser Photo Archive

USCGC Air Skylark (WAVR 464)
ex-USS SC-1064



Call sign:
Nan - Dog - King - Queen

ex-PC-1064

SC-1064 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 9 July 1942 as PC-1064 by the Victory Shipbuilding Corp., Newport Beach, CA
  • Launched 16 January 1943
  • Reclassified SC-1064 in April 1943
  • Commissioned USS SC-1064, 4 May 1943
  • Transferred to the Coast Guard 30 October 1945 and commissioned USCGC Air Skylark (WAVR 464)
  • Sold 23 July 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 105 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 "Y Guns," and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,540bhp General Motors (Electro-Motive Div.) 16-184A diesel engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    No image of SC-1064 is available at this time
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-1064
    Additional Resources and Websites of Interest
    Patrol Craft Sailors Association
    Back To The Main Photo Index Back to the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Index Back to the 110' Submarine Chaser (SC) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
    This page created by Joseph M. Radigan and maintained by Tom Bateman
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History