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USS SC 742

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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

Builder
  
Julius Petersen Inc., Nyack, New York

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 Maisí, 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.

References

USS SC-742 Wikipedia