| Navy | The Brazilian Navy |
| Type | Submarine chaser |
| Class | SC-497 |
| Pennant | CS 51 |
| Built by | W.A. Robinson Inc. (Ipswich, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 23 Mar 1942 |
| Launched | 25 Sep 1942 |
| Commissioned | 7 Dec 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | |
| Former name | USS PC-763 |
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Notable events involving Javarí include:
20 Jul 1944
At 04.54 hours on 20 July 1944 German U-boat U-861 torpedoed the Brazilian troop transport Vital de Oliveria which sank within 6 minutes about 25 miles south of S?o Tom? lighthouse in position 22°29'S, 41°09'W. Her sole escort Javar? (CS 51) was missed by a torpedo and initially searched for the attacker but then rescued the commander and other survivors (175 in all) together with the Brazilian fishing vessel Guanabara.