Allied Warships

USS SC-672 (SC-672)

Submarine chaser of the SC-497 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine chaser
ClassSC-497 
PennantSC-672 
Built byThomas Knutson Shipbuilding Corp. (Halesite, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered18 Sep 1941 
Laid down29 Oct 1941 
Launched2 May 1942 
Commissioned22 Jun 1942 
End service11 Oct 1945 
History

Transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 11 October 1945

 

Commands listed for USS SC-672 (SC-672)

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Joseph Clement Crocker, USNR

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Notable events involving SC-672 include:


1 Sep 1942
Around 1330Q/1, HMS Regent (Lt. W.N.R. Knox, DSC, RN) departed New London for Philadelphia. She was escorted by USS SC-672 (Lt. J.C. Crocker, USNR). (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/17542

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


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