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USS SC 1316

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Name
  
USS SC-1316

Renamed
  
Helen E.

Status
  
Destroyed

Length
  
34 m

Laid down
  
As USS SC-1316

Fate
  
Grounded, 5 March 1951

Launched
  
1943

Builder
  
Unknown, Nyack, New York

USS SC-1316 was a 110-foot submarine chaser in the United States Navy during World War II.

The vessel was constructed and launched in 1943 in Nyack, New York. SC-1316 later was converted to a fishing vessel and renamed Helen E.

Helen E. was operated out of Coos Bay, Oregon, before it was grounded at Horsfall Beach near its home port. Someone burned the vessel after crews were unable to salvage Helen E.

References

USS SC-1316 Wikipedia