USS SC-694

USS SC-661, a fellow SC-497 class submarine chaser.
History
United States
Name	USS SC-694
Builder	Daytona Beach Boat Works, Inc.
Laid down	21 March 1942
Launched	25 May 1942
Commissioned	9 September 1942
Fate	Bombed off the coast of Palermo, Sicily, on 23 August 1943.
General characteristics
Class and type	SC-497 class submarine chaser
Displacement	148 tons
Length	110 ft 10 in (34 m)
Beam	17 ft (5 m)
Draft	6 ft 6 in (2 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,540 hp General Motors diesel engines 2 × shafts
Speed	21 knots
Complement	28
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun mount 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × DCP Y guns 2 × DCT

USS SC-694 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 21 March 1942 by the Daytona Beach Boat Works in Daytona Beach, Florida, and launched on 25 May 1942. She was commissioned on 9 September 1942. She was bombed and sunk by German Ju 88 dive bombers off the coast of Palermo, Sicily, on 23 August 1943.

References

• Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-636
• USS SC-636 (SC-636)

38°08′N 13°22′E / 38.133°N 13.367°E / 38.133; 13.367

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