Allied Warships

USS SC-742 (SC-742)

Submarine chaser of the SC-497 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine chaser
ClassSC-497 
PennantSC-742 
Built byJulius Petersen (Nyack, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Apr, 1942 
Launched17 Aug, 1942 
Commissioned1 Jan, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the Philippines on 2 July 1948 

Noteable events involving SC-742 include:

10 Mar, 1943
USS SC-742 picks up 37 survivors from the American tanker Virginia Sinclair that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-185 off Cape Maysi, Cuba in position 20º11'N, 74º04'W.


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