USS SC-499
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| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name | USS SC-499 |
| Operator | |
| Builder | Fisher Boat Works |
| Laid down | 24 February 1941 |
| Launched | 24 October 1941 |
| Commissioned | 18 March 1942 |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | SC-497 class submarine chaser |
| Type | submarine chaser |
| Displacement | 148 tons |
| Length | 110 ft 10 in (34 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft (5 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft 6 in (2 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 knots |
| Complement | 28 |
| Armament |
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USS SC-499 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy and later the United States Coast Guard during World War II. She was laid down as SC-499 on 24 February 1941 by the Fisher Boat Works in Detroit, Michigan, and launched on 24 October 1941. She was commissioned as USS SC-499 on 18 March 1942. She was later transferred to the Coast Guard on 20 August 1945. Her exact fate is unknown.
See also
[edit]- Other ships built by Fisher Boat Works:
References
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