USS SC-521

	USS SC-696, a fellow SC-497-class submarine chaser
History
United States
Name:	SC-521
Laid down:	5 May 1941
Launched:	1 February 1942
Commissioned:	15 April 1942
Fate:	Foundered
General characteristics
Class and type:	SC-497-class submarine chaser
Displacement:	148 tons
Length:	110 ft 10 in (33.8 m)
Beam:	17 ft (5.2 m)
Height:	10 ft 10 in (3.3 m)
Draft:	6 ft 6 in (2.0 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 880 bhp (660 kW) General Motors 8-268A diesel engines; 1 × Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear; 2 × shafts;
Speed:	15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph)
Complement:	28
Armament:	1 × 40 mm gun mount; 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns; 2 × DCP Y guns; 2 × DCT;

USS SC-521 was a SC-497-class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 5 May 1941 by the Annapolis Yacht Yard, Inc. in Annapolis, Maryland and launched on 1 February 1942. She was commissioned on 15 April 1942. She foundered on 10 July 1945 off Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands.

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