She was laid down as PC-498 on 12 March 1941 by the Westergard Boat Works in Rockport, Texas, and launched on 21 July 1941. She was commissioned as USS PC-498 on 29 April 1942. She was later reclassified a SC-497 class submarine chaser and renamed SC-498.[1]
She was transferred to the Free French Navy as part of the Lend-Lease program on 18 March 1944 as CH-142, and was later reclassified as P-696. Her exact fate is unknown.[2]
class, submarine, chaser, that, served, united, states, navy, later, free, french, navy, during, world, before, conversion, into, historyunited, statesnameoperator, united, states, navybuilderwestergard, boat, works, laid, down12, march, 1941launched21, july, . USS SC 498 was a SC 497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy and later the Free French Navy during World War II USS PC 498 before her conversion into USS SC 498 HistoryUnited StatesNameUSS SC 498Operator United States NavyBuilderWestergard Boat Works Inc Laid down12 March 1941Launched21 July 1941Commissioned29 April 1942FateTransferred to France on 18 October 1944FranceNameCH 142 and later P 696Operator Free French Naval Forces French NavyAcquired18 October 1944FateUnknown General characteristicsClass and typeSC 497 class submarine chaserTypesubmarine chaserDisplacement148 tonsLength110 ft 10 in 34 m Beam17 ft 5 m Draft6 ft 6 in 2 m Propulsion2 880bhp General Motors 8 268A diesel engines Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear 2 shaftsSpeed15 6 knotsComplement28Armament1 3 in 76 mm gun mount 2 50 cal 12 7 mm caliber machine guns 2 Y guns 2 ductsShe was laid down as PC 498 on 12 March 1941 by the Westergard Boat Works in Rockport Texas and launched on 21 July 1941 She was commissioned as USS PC 498 on 29 April 1942 She was later reclassified a SC 497 class submarine chaser and renamed SC 498 1 She was transferred to the Free French Navy as part of the Lend Lease program on 18 March 1944 as CH 142 and was later reclassified as P 696 Her exact fate is unknown 2 See also EditHarbour Defence Motor Launch Wooden boats of World War IIReferences Edit uboat net Submarine chaser of the SC 497 class navsource SC 497 class submarine chaser Motor Gunboat Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive SC 498 This article about a specific ship or boat of the United States Armed Forces is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS SC 498 amp oldid 1092439112, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
