USS SC-696, a fellow SC-497-class submarine chaser | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SC-521 |
Laid down | 5 May 1941 |
Launched | 1 February 1942 |
Commissioned | 15 April 1942 |
Fate | Foundered 10 July 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | SC-497-class submarine chaser |
Displacement | 148 tons |
Length | 110 ft 10 in (33.8 m) |
Beam | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Height | 10 ft 10 in (3.3 m) |
Draft | 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph) |
Complement | 28 |
Armament |
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USS SC-521 was a SC-497-class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 5 May 1941 by the Annapolis Yacht Yard, Inc. in Annapolis, Maryland and launched on 1 February 1942. She was commissioned on 15 April 1942. She foundered on 10 July 1945 off Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands.
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