Laid down 10 October 1942 Beam 17 ft 11 in (5.46 m) Construction started 10 October 1942 Length 34 m Displacement 88,900 kg | Commissioned 8 May 1943 Draught 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Launched 19 April 1943 Weight 99.6 tons Draft 1.98 m | |
Fate transferred to Coast Guard, 7 February 1946 Propulsion two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines, two shafts | ||
USS SC-1329 was an SC-497 class submarine chaser in the United States Navy.
SC-1329 was laid down 10 October 1942, by Simms Brothers, Dorchester, Massachusetts, and was launched 19 April 1943. The ship was commissioned 8 May 1943.
USS SC-1329 served in the English Channel and was based in Portsmouth, England. She participated in the June 1944 Normandy landings. Lt. Robert Cotton was the ship's commander and Lt. Junior Grade William C. Graham was the executive officer.
The ship returned to Miami in June–July 1945 to prepare for assignment to war in the Pacific. She was transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 7 February 1946. The ship was sold to a business in Brooklyn, NY and became a day fishing boat named the F/V Elmar. It was resold and relocated to Florida. It finally was sunk in 1979 in the St. Johns River in Florida.