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USS SC-497 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy and later the Free French Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as PC-497 on 29 November 1941 by the Westergard Boat Works in Rockport, Texas, and launched on 4 July 1941. She was commissioned as USS PC-497 on 16 October 1942. She was later reclassified as a SC-497 class submarine chaser and renamed SC-497. She was transferred to the Free French Navy as part of the Lend-Lease program on 18 March 1944 as CH-96. The transfer was made permanent on 15 August 1944. She was renamed CH-724 in 1952 and later P-724 before being withdrawn from service on 23 October 1980. Her exact fate is unknown.[1]
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1944 |
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- 2 Apr: U-360
- 3 Apr: U-288
- 4 Apr: I-169
- 6 Apr: U-302, U-455
- 7 Apr: I-2, U-856
- 8 Apr: U-2, U-962
- 9 Apr: U-515
- 10 Apr: USS SC-497, U-68
- 11 Apr: Akigumo, U-108
- 12 Apr: I-174
- 13 Apr: Ikazuchi
- 14 Apr: Fort Stikine, U-448
- 15 Apr: No. 7
- 16 Apr: U-550
- 17 Apr: U-342, U-986
- 18 Apr: USS Gudgeon, Pan-Pennsylvania
- 19 Apr: U-974
- 20 Apr: USS Lansdale, Paul Hamilton, Voorbode
- 21 Apr: M 553
- 22 Apr: U-311
- 23 Apr: Amagiri
- 26 Apr: V 606 Fladengrund, I-180, U-488, Yoshida Maru No. 1
- 27 Apr: U-803, Yūbari
- 28 Apr: USS LST-507
- 29 Apr: HMCS Athabaskan, I-183, USS PT-346, Sirène, U-421
- 30 Apr: Ro-45
- Unknown date: U-193, U-355
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