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SC-1040



Call sign:
Nan - Dog - Dog - Victor

ex-PC-1040

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 14 April 1942 by the Rice Brothers, Rockport, TX
  • Launched 28 July 1942
  • Commissioned PC-1040, 29 October 1942
  • Reclassified SC-1040 in April 1943
  • Visited Auckland, New Zealand between 9 - 20 November 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register 19 December 1945
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 9 February 1948
  • 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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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-1040 269k Mike Hagins
    Crew Photo 136k c. 1945
    Hawaii
    GM2/c Don Hagins in forefront.
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG H. Martin, USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-1040
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