Allied Warships

USS SC-522 (SC-522)

Submarine chaser of the SC-497 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine chaser
ClassSC-497 
PennantSC-522 
Built byAnnapolis Yacht Yard Inc. (Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down14 May 1941 
Launched18 Feb 1942 
Commissioned15 Apr 1942 
End service30 Sep 1944 
History

Transferred to France on 30 September 1944 being renamed CH-111

 

Commands listed for USS SC-522 (SC-522)

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CommanderFromTo
1Leonard Edgar Whitmore, USNR15 Apr 1942Early 1943
2H L Rekate, USNREarly 1943Late 1943
3P Rinde-Thorsen, USNRLate 194330 Sep 1944

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Notable events involving SC-522 include:


27 Aug 1942
USS SC-522 picks up 37 survivors from the Dutch tanker Rotterdam and 33 from the British tanker San Fabian that were torpedoed and sunk about 120 nautical miles south-south-east of Guantanamo, Cuba in position 18°09'N, 74°38'W by German U-boat U-511.


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