Allied Warships

USS SC-1296 (SC-1296)

Submarine chaser of the SC-497 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine chaser
ClassSC-497 
PennantSC-1296 
Built byW.A. Robinson Inc. (Ipswich, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Aug 1942 
Laid down11 Feb 1943 
Launched20 Aug 1943 
Commissioned16 Sep 1943 
End service14 Aug 1945 
History

Transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 14 August 1945

 

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Notable events involving SC-1296 include:


6 Sep 1944
USS Devilfish (T/Cdr. E.C. Stephan, USN) departed Philadelphia for New London. She was escorted until New York by USS SC-1296 (Lt.(jg) E.J. Adams, Jr., USNR).


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