Dorchester Illustration no. 2175 Sub-Chaser PC-1332

Dorchester Illustration no. 2175           

 

During World War II, both the Lawley Shipyard and Simms Brothers constructed sub-chasers for the war effort.  PC-1332 came out of the Simms Brothers yard.

 

 

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • ·  Laid down 16 December 1942 as PC-1332 by the Simms Brothers, Dorchester, MA
  • ·  Reclassified SC-1332 in April 1943
  • ·  Launched 17 July 1943
  • ·  Commissioned 6 August 1943
  • ·  Struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946
  • ·  Transferred to the Maritime Commission 6 July 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,” two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles 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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