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SCC-1349
ex-SC-1349



Call sign:
Nan - Tare - Mike - Queen

ex-PC-1349

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 27 April 1943 as PC-1349 by the Fisher Boats Works, Inc., Detroit, MI
  • Reclassified SC-1349 in late April 1943
  • Launched 11 September 1943
  • Commissioned USS SC-1349, 12 November 1943
  • Reclassified as a Control Submarine Chaser, SCC-1349, 20 August 1945
  • Scuttled off of Guam 20 June 1946.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 99 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 6' 6" (fl)
  • Speed 15.6 kts.
  • Complement 28
  • Armament: One 40mm gun mount, one/two twin mount .50 cal. machine guns, two/three depth charge projector "K" guns, 14 depth charges with six single release chocks and two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap
    rails with four 7.2 projectiles
  • Propulsion: Two 770bhp General Motors (Electro-Motive Div.) 16-184A diesel engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-1349
    SC-1349 420k c. 15 September 1943
    Four days after launching
    From the collection of Edward A. Clohossey, RM2/c    		 Dan Clohossey
    USS SSC-1349
    LCI(L)-561 89k LCI(G)-561 off Okinawa, April 1945. Close-up of 40mm bow gun and the two forward 20mm guns. Visible off LCI(G)-561's bow are SC-1349 as well as LCI(G)-452. Note the port and starboard rocket launchers are loaded in this photo Photo by Ens. Mel Zolkover,
    USS LCI(G)-561
    SC-1349 183k c. May 1945
    Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
    From the collection of Edward A. Clohossey, RM2/c    		 Dan Clohossey
    SC-1349 216k c. November 1945
    Shanghai, China
    Crew photo    		 Dan Treadwell
    SC-1349 186k
    SC-1349 328k c. 1945
    Shanghai, China
    First row: E. G. Crocker, Coxswain; Oliver Franklin Sisk, GM2/c; A. C. Wilson, MoMM2/c; J. Outlaw, QM2/c and Edward A. Clohossey, RM2/c/c
    Back row: Harry Franklin Kriner, RM2/c/c; Lefler; Kingman, Signalman; Pat Loftus S1/c/Yeoman; J. B. Harris F1/c and Sellards, RM3/c
    From the collection of Edward A. Clohossey, RM2/c    		 Dan Clohossey
    SC-1349 94k c. 1945
    Shanghai, China
    O. F. (Frank) Sisk, H. F. Kriner and E. A. (Ed) Clohossey
    From the collection of Edward A. Clohossey, RM2/c
    SC-1349 153k c. 1945
    Shanghai, China
    William (Bill) Reed and O. F. (Frank) Sisk
    From the collection of Edward A. Clohossey, RM2/c
    SC-1349 88k c. 1945
    Shanghai, China
    Commanding Officer, Arthur E. Wright
    From the collection of Edward A. Clohossey, RM2/c
    SC-1349 198k c. 1945
    Edward John "Scully" Sculfort, GM2/c on a 20mm mount
    The bow of PCC-1601 can be seen in the left background
    From the collection of Edward A. Clohossey, RM2/c
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG W. J. Harrison, USNR1945
    02LT Arthur E. Wright, USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SCC-1349
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