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SC-1275

Call sign:
Nan - George - Mike - George

ex-PC-1275

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

Laid down 5 January 1943 as PC-1275 by the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Quincy, MA (During this period, Mathis Yacht Bldg. Co. was renamed John Trumpy and Sons, under which name it is known today)

Reclassified SC-1275 in April 1943

Launched 5 June 1943

Commissioned USS SC-1275, 17 August 1943

Visited Auckland, New Zealand 20 - 31 December 1944

Decommissioned in November 1945

Struck from the Naval Register 19 December 1945

Transferred to the Maritime Commission 25 March 1948

Sunk in the Sacramento River in the 1950’s by the Army Corps of Engineers to stem erosion in the river.

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," two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS SC-1275
	288k	.	Richard Gould via John L. Whetzal, III, SMSgt, USAF, Ret.
	28k	Apra Harbor, Guam Anchored alongside SCC-1311	John L. Whetzal, III, SMSgt, USAF, Ret.
	42k	Apra Harbor, Guam Stern view anchored alongside SCC-1311
	35k	At sea
	44k	Guam In dry dock
	61k	Guam Polishing the screws in dry dock
	42k	Depth Charge exploding
	45k	After end of No. 2 Main Engine
	51k	Looking forward between Main Engines
	41k	Engineroom
SC-1275
	127k	Sacramento River Delta, CA showing the location of SC-1275	John L. Whetzal, III, SMSgt, USAF, Ret.