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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS SC-669, 1942-1947

USS SC-669, a 95-ton 110-foot submarine chaser, was built at Datona Beach, Florida. Commissioned in July 1942, she was intially based at Charleston, South Carolina. In September 1942, she was reassigned to the Gulf Sea Frontier. Later, SC-669 was sent to the Pacific for employment in the South Pacific, with her home yard at Pearl Harbor. She arrived at Tutuila, Samoa, in late January 1943. In October 1945, she was assigned to the 12th Naval District and was decommissioned the next month. USS SC-669 was sold in March 1947.

This page features our only view of USS SC-669.

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Photo #: NH 96482

USS SC-669 and
USS SC-508

At the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, 10 August 1942.
In the background, at left, is the small steamer Merry Queen, of Augusta, Georgia.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 540 pixels

 


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