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USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War.
USS SC-636 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy during World War II. It was laid down on 29 August 1941 by the Vineyard Shipbuilding Co. in Milford, Delaware and launched on 14 May 1942. It was commissioned on 11 July 1942. It foundered during Typhoon Louise on 9 October 1945 off the coast of Okinawa.
Victory Shipbuilding Company built two submarine chasers that were of the SC-497-class submarine chaser design that had a displacement of 94 tons with a length of 110 feet (34 m), a beam of 17 feet (5.2 m), a draft of 6 feet (1.8 m), a top speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). They had a crew of 28.
Ship ID Name Owner Type Length - Feet Delivered Notes 284507: MTL 1232: US Army: Harbor Tug: 47: 1943: Sold and renamed Lohilani: 255210: MTL 1233: US Army: Harbor Tug: 47: 1943: Sold and renamed Kolomona
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USS SC-1024 United States Navy: World War II: The submarine chaser was sunk in a collision off North Carolina when two convoys respectively northbound and southbound met in bad visibility. She was rammed by USS Plymouth ( United States Navy) and then by Cities Service Fuel ( United States). SC-1024 capsized and sank with the loss of all hands.
Submarine chaser SC-405 at Brest, France, December 1918. Following the end of the war, four boats (USS SC-274, USS SC-302, USS SC-311 and USS SC-312) were transferred to Cuba, while 14 boats were transferred to the United States Coast Guard in 1919–1920. [2] Eight of the French SC boats remained in service at the outbreak of World War II. [12]
She was commissioned into the US Navy as USS SC-718 on 25 May 1943. [ 2 ] In August 1943 US Admiral Harold R. Stark , commander of US Naval Forces Europe , ordered SC-718 and two other SC-class subchasers - SC-683 and SC-1061 - to be transferred to Britain.