Allied Warships

USS SC-679 (SC-679)

Submarine chaser of the SC-497 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine chaser
ClassSC-497 
PennantSC-679 
Built byThomas Knutson Shipbuilding Corp. (Halesite, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Feb 1942 
Laid down4 Mar 1942 
Launched29 Aug 1942 
Commissioned19 Dec 1942 
End service 
History

Transferred to Vietnam on 14 March 1951

 

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Notable events involving SC-679 include:


2 May 1943
HMS P 512 (Lt. R.B. Foster, RN) arrived at Bermuda where she was to aid in A/S training. She was escorted in by USS SC-679. (1)

13 Jun 1944
During 13 to 15 June 1944, USS Baya (Cdr. A.H. Holtz, USN), conducted exercises in Long Island Sound with USS Semmes (Cdr. R.L. Wilson, USN), USS SC-679 (Lt.(jg) D.A. Replogle, USNR) and USS Razorback (Cdr. R.S. Benson, USN).

Sources

  1. ADM 199/1834

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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