USS SC-1012
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Name | USS SC-1012 |
Builder | Wilmington, California |
Laid down | 7 September 1942, as USS PC-1012 |
Launched | 28 December 1942 |
Commissioned | 18 August 1943, as USS SC-1012 |
Reclassified |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | SC-497-class submarine chaser |
Displacement | 98 long tons (100 t) |
Length | 110 ft 10 in (33.78 m) |
Beam | 17 ft 11 in (5.46 m) |
Draft | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) full load |
Propulsion | 2 × 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines, 2 shafts |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Range | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 3 officers and 24 enlisted men |
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USS SC-1012 was a submarine chaser in the United States Navy during World War II.
SC-1012 was built by the
Service history
In February 1944, SC-1012 was in a convoy when LST-577 was torpedoed. The escort ships, Coolbaugh (DE-217) and Haas (DE-424) along with SC-1012, formed a Hunter-Killer group and began a systematic search for the submarine which had torpedoed her. No confirmed kill was recorded, but no further offensive action was seen from the submarine.
During the SC-1012's Harbormaster duties, in the Keramerati Island Group, they had just escorted an ammunition ship to dock; when SC-1012 was targeted by a kamikaze. The crew was at battle stations and had just prepared to open fire when the pilot, apparently spotting a better target, broke off his attack and slammed into the ammunition ship, which burned for three or four days.
During the pre-invasion reconnaissance of the islands, Col. "Squeeky" Anderson was the commanding officer for the landing forces. He would routinely board SC-1012 and go with them to map out the landing zones. During the actual invasion, SC-1012 would stand by at a preset location and the landing craft would then home in on her, aiming to the right or the left of where SC-1012 was stationed. This type of "spotting" enabled the landing ships to hit their target without using any other guidance systems.
SC-1012 did not lose any crewmembers to any sort of enemy action. However, she was damaged beyond repair when
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS SC-1012 at NavSource Naval History
- Patrol Craft Sailors Association: WWII submarine chasers