Allied Warships

USS SC-1057 (SC-1057)

Submarine chaser of the SC-497 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine chaser
ClassSC-497 
PennantSC-1057 
Built byGulf Marine Ways Inc. (Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered13 Mar 1942 
Laid down7 May 1942 
Launched11 Nov 1942 
Commissioned19 May 1943 
End service 
History

 

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Notable events involving SC-1057 include:


SC-1057 was released from government service in 1948 and turned over to Admiral Billard Academy, a private naval prep school located in New London, CT. When Billard closed in June, 1953, she was purchased for use as a commercial fisherman. She was finally broken up in Florida in 2003. (1)

Sources

  1. Personal communication

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