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USS SC 501

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Name
  
USS SC-499

Struck
  
5 June 1946

Launched
  
24 January 1942

Weight
  
150.4 tons

Laid down
  
29 April 1941

Construction started
  
29 April 1941

Length
  
34 m

Displacement
  
134,300 kg

USS SC-501

Operator
  
United States Navy  United States Coast Guard

Fate
  
Sold on 20 December 1946.

Class and type
  
SC-497 class submarine chaser

Builder
  
Seabrook Yacht Corporation

USS SC-501 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Coast Guard and later the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as PC-501 on 29 April 1941 by the Seabrook Yacht Corporation in Houston, Texas, and launched on 24 January 1942. She was reclassified SC-501 on 8 April 1943, and acquired from the Coast Guard on 9 April 1943. She was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Vessel IX-100 on 21 April 1943 and named Racer on 3 May 1943. She was in service from 27 May 1943 to 21 May 1946. She was struck from the Navy Register on 5 June 1946 and sold to the private market on 20 December 1946.

References

USS SC-501 Wikipedia