Name USS SC-742 Commissioned 1 January 1943 Construction started 22 April 1942 Length 34 m | Laid down 22 April 1942 Acquired 2 July 1948 Launched 17 August 1942 | |
Fate Transferred to the Philippines, 2 July 1948 | ||
USS SC-742 was a United States Navy SC-497-class submarine chaser which after service during World War II was transferred to the Philippine Navy in 1948.
Laid down on 22 April 1942 at Julius Petersen Inc., Nyack, New York and launched on 17 August 1942 and commissioned on 1 January 1943. Initially allocated to the Atlantic Fleet, she picked up survivors from the American tanker Virginia Sinclair off Cape MaisÃ, Cuba that was torpedoed and sunk by the U-185.
Transferred to the Pacific Fleet, she participated in the landings during the battle of Arawe and later the during the Philippines campaign. She was transferred to the Philippine Navy on 2 July 1948.
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