USS SC-636

USS SC-661, a fellow SC-497 class submarine chaser.
History
United States of America
Laid down: 29 August 1941
Launched: 14 May 1942
Commissioned: 11 July 1942
Fate: Foundered off the coast of Okinawa on 9 October 1945.
General characteristics
Displacement: 148 tons
Length: 110 ft 10 in (34 m)
Beam: 17 ft (5 m)
Draft: 6 ft 6 in (2 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines
  • 1 × Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear
  • 2 × shafts
Speed: 15.6 knots
Complement: 28
Armament:
  • 1 × 40mm gun mount
  • 2 × .50 cal. machine guns
  • 2 × DCP Y guns
  • 2 × DCT

USS SC-636 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 29 August 1941 by the Vineyard Shipbuilding Co. in Milford, Delaware and launched on 14 May 1942. She was commissioned on 11 July 1942. She foundered during Typhoon Louise on 9 October 1945 off the coast of Okinawa.

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