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USS SC-1048 (SC-1048)

Submarine chaser of the SC-497 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine chaser
ClassSC-497 
PennantSC-1048 
Built byVentnor Boat Works Inc. (West Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Apr, 1942 
Launched12 Dec, 1942 
Commissioned9 Apr, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History 

Noteable events involving SC-1048 include:

2 Jul, 1943
USS SC-1048 picks up 74 survivors from the American tanker Bloody Marsh that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-66 about 75 nautical miles east of Savannah, Georgia in position 31º33'N, 78º57'W.


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