SC-497
1942
(Neptun 1387a)
- Class: SC-497 - 580 submarine chasers
- Displacement: 148 tons
- Dimensions: 110 x 17 x 6.5 ft.
- Machinery: 2 1,540 bhp diesels, twin shafts = 21 knots
- Armament: 1-3"/23
- Complement: 28
- Builder: Westergard Boat Works, Inc., Rockport, TX
- Keel Laid: 7 Mar 1941
- Launched: 4 Jul 1941
- Commissioned: 15 Apr 1942
- Service: Lead ship of the 580 wood-hulled 110' Submarine Chasers (SC) built for World War II. Of these, 142 were sent to our Allies under Lend-Lease, including SC-497 transferred to France 18 Mar 1944 as CH-96.
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