Name USS SC-498 Laid down 12 March 1941 Construction started 12 March 1941 Length 34 m Displacement 134,300 kg | Commissioned 29 April 1942 Launched 21 July 1941 Weight 150.4 tons Beam 5 m | |
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Builder Westergard Boat Works, Inc. Fate Transferred to France on 18 October 1944 | ||
USS SC-498 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy, and later the Free French Navy, during World War II.
She was laid down as PC-498 on 12 March 1941 by the Westergard Boat Works in Rockport, Texas, and launched on 21 July 1941. She was commissioned as USS PC-498 on 29 April 1942. She was later reclassified a SC-497 class submarine chaser and renamed SC-498.
She was transferred to the Free French Navy as part of the Lend-Lease program on 18 March 1944 as CH-142, and was later reclassified as P-696. Her exact fate is unknown.
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