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USS SC 632

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Laid down
  
23 February 1942

Beam
  
17 ft (5 m)

Construction started
  
23 February 1942

Length
  
34 m

Displacement
  
134,300 kg

Commissioned
  
2 September 1942

Draft
  
6 ft 6 in (2 m)

Launched
  
25 June 1942

Weight
  
150.4 tons

USS SC-632

Fate
  
Foundered off the coast of Okinawa on 16 September 1945, hulk destroyed on 9 March 1948.

Propulsion
  
2 × 1,540bhp General Motors 16-184A diesel engines 2 × shafts.

USS SC-632 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 23 February 1942 by the Mathis Yacht Building Co. in Camden, New Jersey and launched on 25 June 1942. She was commissioned on 2 September 1942. She foundered on 16 September 1945 off the coast of Okinawa. Her hulk was destroyed on 9 March 1948.

References

USS SC-632 Wikipedia


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