USS SC-501

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USS SC-661, a fellow SC-497 class submarine chaser.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgEnsign of the United States Coast Guard.svg United States
NameUSS SC-499
Operator
BuilderSeabrook Yacht Corporation
Laid down29 April 1941
Launched24 January 1942
Stricken5 June 1946
FateSold on 20 December 1946.
General characteristics
Class and type SC-497 class submarine chaser
Type submarine chaser
Displacement148 tons
Length110 ft 10 in (34 m)
Beam17 ft (5 m)
Draft6 ft 6 in (2 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear
  • 2 × shafts
Speed21 knots
Complement28
Armament

USS SC-501 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Coast Guard and later the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as PC-501 on 29 April 1941 by the Seabrook Yacht Corporation in Houston, Texas, and launched on 24 January 1942. She was reclassified SC-501 on 8 April 1943, and acquired from the Coast Guard on 9 April 1943. She was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Vessel IX-100 on 21 April 1943 and named Racer on 3 May 1943. She was in service from 27 May 1943 to 21 May 1946. She was struck from the Navy Register on 5 June 1946 and sold to the private market on 20 December 1946.

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