USS SC-499

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|Ship name=USS SC-499

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|Ship builder=Fisher Boat Works

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|Ship laid down=24 February 1941

|Ship launched=24 October 1941

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|Ship class=SC-497 class submarine chaser

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|Ship displacement=148 tons

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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

  • Other ships built by Fisher Boat Works:

:* MV Cape Pine

:* HNoMS Hitra

:* USS SC-500

References

  • [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/150499.htm Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: SC-499]

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Category:SC-497-class submarine chasers

Category:Ships built in Detroit

Category:1941 ships

Category:Ships of the United States Coast Guard

Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the United States Coast Guard

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