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SC-1268

Call sign:
Nan - Fox - Uncle - Victor

ex-PC-1268

Madonna call sign (1948):
King - George - Victor - Queen
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 26 September 1942 as PC-1268 by the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Quincy, MA
  • Launched 24 February 1943
  • Reclassified and commissioned USS SC-1268, 9 April 1943
  • Visited Auckland, New Zealand 9 - 20 November 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 23 September 1946
  • Registered in 1948 to L. M. Lockhart of Los Angeles, CA as the fishing boat Madonna
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 148 t.
    1948 - 138 t.
  • Length 110' 10"
    1948 - 106.8'
  • Beam 17'
    1948 - 18.1'
  • Draft 6' 6"
    1948 - 9.3'
  • Speed 15.6 kts.
  • Complement 28
    1948 - Three
  • 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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    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Stephen F. Hopper, USNR13 March 1943 - June 1943
    02LTJG William E. Perlee, USNRJune 1943 - 29 August 1943
    03LTJG William C. Hutting, USNR29 August 1943 - March 1944
    04LTJG/LT John A. Breen, USNRMarch 1944 - June 1944
    05LTJG Clement S. McPhee, Jr., USNRJune 1944 - March 1945
    06LTJG Richard H. LaBonte, USNRMarch 1945 - June 1945
    07LTJG Erbon P. Sawyer, USNRJune 1945 - 1 December 1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-1268
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