SC-497-class submarine chaser
USS SC-661 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Protoytpe submarine chaser USS SC-453 |
| Built | 1941–1944 |
| Planned | 475 |
| Completed | 438 |
| Cancelled | 37 |
| Active | 0 |
| Lost | 17 |
| Preserved | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine chaser |
| Displacement | 98 tons |
| Length | 110 ft 10 in (34 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 11.5 in (5 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 10 in (3 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 or 15.6 knots (38.9 or 28.9 km/h; 24.2 or 18.0 mph) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 25 enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Armor | Wooden hull |
The SC-497-class submarine chasers were a class of 438 submarine chasers built primarily for the United States Navy from 1941–1944. The SC-497s were based on the experimental submarine chaser, USS SC-453. Submarine chasers of this variety were collectively nicknamed "the splinter fleet" due to their wooden hulls.