Sub Chasers (PC, SC, PCE, PCS)                                                           Most recent update: February 21, 2009.

WWII Construction

A total of 1,021 sub chasers (PC, SC, PCE and PCS) were built by 74 boatyards.  The PCs and PCEs were built of steel, with lengths of 173 ft and 180 ft, respectively, while the SCs and PCSs were wood, with lengths of 110 ft and 136 ft, respectively.  Many of these boats were transferred to Britain, France, the USSR and numerous other countries.  Little is known about their disposition: any information will be welcomed.

Type # Name Shipbuilder Location Tons FY Delivery Disposition
SC 449   Luders Marine Stamford CT 136 39 Sep-40  
SC 450   American Car & Foundry Wilmington DE 136 39 May-40  
PC 451   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 39 Aug-40  
PC 452 Castine Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 39 Jul-43 Later Castine (IX 211), struck 1946
SC 453 Air Avocet Fisher Boatworks Detroit MI 136 39 Aug-41 To Haiti as 16 Aout 1946
SC 454 Arlis Robert Jacob City Island NY

140

   1915 Acquired 1940, reclassified as "Impetuous" (PYc 46) 1943, sold 1945
SC 455 Katoora Herreshoff Manufacturing Bristol RI

83

   1930 Acquired 1940 for $1, reclassified as "Patriot" (PYc 47) 1943, resold 1945 to her original owner for $1
SC 456 Onwego Unknown Unknown

110

   1931 Acquired 1940, reclassified as "Persistant" (PYc 48) 1943, sold 1945
SC 457 Trouper Unknown Unknown       Acquired 1940
SC 458 Retort Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA

150

   1923 Acquired 1940, reclassified as "Retort" (PYc 49) 1943, sold 1945
SC 459 Ohio Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News VA

565

   1920 Acquired 1941 as "Turquoise" (SC 459) but immediately reclassified as PY 18, to Ecuador 1944 as "Nueve de Octobre", later "Esmereldas", wrecked and lost 1953
SC 460 Elda Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights NY

380

   1930 Acquired 1940, reclassified as "Sturdy" (PYc 50) 1943, sold 1945
PC 461 Bluffton Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 Mar-42  
PC 462   Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 Apr-42  
PC 463   Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 Apr-42  
PC 464   Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 May-42  
PC 465 Paragould Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 May-42 To Venezuela 1960 as Pulpo
PC 466 Carmi Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 Jun-42  
PC 467   Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 Jun-42 To Norway
PC 468   Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 Jul-42 To Nigeria as Ogoja
PC 469   Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 Jul-42 Later PCC
PC 470 Antigo Lawley & Sons, George Neponset MA 463 40 Jul-42  
PC 471   Defoe Shipbuilding Neponset MA 463 40 Nov-41 To France as Eveille
PC 472   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Dec-41 To France as Ruse
PC 473   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Dec-41 To France as Ardent
PC 474   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Feb-42 To France as Indiscret
PC 475   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Feb-42 To France as Resolu
PC 476   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Mar-42  
PC 477   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Mar-42  
PC 478   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Apr-42  
PC 479   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Apr-42  
PC 480   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Apr-42 To France as Emporte
PC 481   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Apr-42 To France as Effronte
PC 482   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 May-42 To France as Enjoue
PC 483 Rolla Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights NY 463 40 Mar-42 To Venezuela 1960
PC 484 Cooperstown Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights NY 463 40 Apr-42 To Venezuela 1960
PC 485   Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights NY 463 40 Apr-42 To Korea
PC 486 Jasper Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights NY 463 40 May-42  
PC 487 Larchmont Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights NY 463 40 Jun-42 To Venezuela 1960
PC 488 Eureka Sullivan Drydock & Repair Brooklyn NY 463 40 Aug-42 Later IX 221
PC 489   Sullivan Drydock & Repair Brooklyn NY 463 40 Jul-42  
PC 490   Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 463 40 May-42 To China
PC 491   Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 463 40 Apr-42  
PC 492   Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 463 40 May-42 To China
PC 493   Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 463 40 May-42  
PC 494   Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 463 40 May-42  
PC 495   Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 463 40 Apr-42 To Thailand
PC 496   Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay WI 463 40 Feb-42 Lost Apr-43
SC 497   Westergard Boat Works Rockport TX 136 40 Apr-42 To France 1944
SC 498   Westergard Boat Works Rockport TX 136 40 Apr-42 To France 1944
SC 499   Fisher Boatworks Detroit MI 136 40 Mar-42 To US Coast Guard 1945
SC 500   Fisher Boatworks Detroit MI 136 40 Mar-42 To the USSR 1945
SC 501 Racer Seabrook Yacht Seabrook TX 136 40 Apr-42 Later IX 100
SC 502   Seabrook Yacht Seabrook TX 136 40 Jun-42  
SC 503   Rice Brothers East Boothbay ME 136 40 Apr-42 To France 1944
SC 504   Rice Brothers East Boothbay ME 136 40 Apr-42  
SC 505   Luders Marine Stamford CT 136 40 Apr-42  
SC 506   Luders Marine Stamford CT 136 40 Apr-42 To France 1944
SC 507   Mathis Yacht Building Camden NJ 136 40 Jan-42 To France 1944
SC 508   Mathis Yacht Building Camden NJ 136 40 Mar-42 To France 1944
SC 509 Vara Herreshoff Manufacturing Bristol RI

190

   1929 Acquired 1940, redesignated "Valiant" (PYc 51) 1943, sold 1945
SC 510 Sybarita         Acquired 1940, ex YP 105
SC 511   American Cruiser Detroit MI 136 40 Jun-42 To US Coast Guard 1945
SC 512   American Cruiser Detroit MI 136 40 Jul-42 To US Coast Guard 1945
SC 513   Quincy Adams Yacht Yard Quincy MA 136 40 Mar-42  
SC 514   Quincy Adams Yacht Yard Quincy MA 136 40 Apr-42  
SC 515   Elizabeth City Shipyard Elizabeth City NC 136 40 Apr-42 To France 1944
SC 516   Elizabeth City Shipyard Elizabeth City NC 136 40 May-42 To France 1944
SC 517   Elizabeth City Shipyard Elizabeth City NC 136 40 May-42 To France 1944
SC 518   Elizabeth City Shipyard Elizabeth City NC 136 40 May-42 Destroyed 1948
SC 519   Vinyard Shipbuilding Milford DE 136 40 Apr-42 To France 1944
SC 520   Vinyard Shipbuilding Milford DE 136 40 May-42  
SC 521   Annapolis Yacht Yard Annapolis MD 136 40 Apr-42 Lost Oct-45
SC 522   Annapolis Yacht Yard Annapolis MD 136 40 May-42 To France 1944
SC 523   Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights NY   40 Nov-40 Later YP 77, lost Apr-42
SC 524   Mathis Yacht Building Camden NJ 136 40 Apr-42 To France 1944
SC 525   Mathis Yacht Building Camden NJ 136 40 Apr-42 To France 1944
SC 526   Mathis Yacht Building Camden NJ 136 40 May-42 To France 1944
SC 527   Mathis Yacht Building Camden NJ 136 40 May-42  
SC 528   Mathis Yacht Building Camden NJ 136 40 Jun-42  
SC 529   Mathis Yacht Building Camden NJ 136 40 Jun-42 To France 1944
SC 530   Westergard Boat Works Rockport TX 136 40 May-42 To France 1944
SC 531   Westergard Boat Works Rockport TX 136 40 May-42  
SC 532   Luders Marine Stamford CT 136 40 May-42 To France 1944
SC 533   Luders Marine Stamford CT 136 40 Jun-42 To France 1944
SC 534   Luders Marine Stamford CT 136 40 Jul-42 To France 1944
SC 535   Luders Marine Stamford CT 136 40 Jul-42 To France 1944
SC 536   Petersen, Julius Nyack NY 136 40 Apr-42 To US Coast Guard 1945
SC 537   Petersen, Julius Nyack NY 136 40 Apr-42 To the USSR 1945
SC 538   Petersen, Julius Nyack NY 136 40 May-42 To the USSR 1945
SC 539   Petersen, Julius Nyack NY 136 40 May-42 To US Coast Guard 1945
SC 540   Robinson Marine Construction Benton Harbor MI 136 40 Apr-42 To US Coast Guard 1945
SC 541   Robinson Marine Construction Benton Harbor MI 136 40 May-42 To US Coast Guard 1945
PC 542   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 May-42 To France 1944
PC 543   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 May-42 To France 1944
PC 544   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Jun-42 To Brazil 1945
PC 545   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Jun-42 To France 1944
PC 546   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Jul-42 To France 1944
PC 547   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Jul-42 To Brazil 1945
PC 548   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Aug-42  
PC 549   Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City MI 463 40 Aug-42  
PC 550   Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay WI 463 40 May-42 To France 1944
PC 551   Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay WI 463 40 May-42 To France 1944
PC 552   Sullivan Drydock & Repair Brooklyn NY 463 40 Jul-42  
PC 553 Malone Sullivan Drydock & Repair Brooklyn NY 463 40 Oct-42  
PC 554   Sullivan Drydock & Repair Brooklyn NY 463 40 Sep-42 To Brazil 1945
PC 555   Sullivan Drydock & Repair Brooklyn NY 463 40 Feb-43  
PC 556   Luders Marine Stamford CT 463 40 Sep-42 To France 1944
PC 557   Luders Marine Stamford CT 463 40 Sep-42 To France 1944
PC 558   Luders Marine Stamford CT 463 40 Nov-42 Lost Sep-44
PC 559   JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 463 40 May-42 To France 1944
PC 560 Oberlin JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 463 40 Jun-42  
PC 561   JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 463 40 Jul-42 To Brazil 1945
PC 562   JeffBoat Jeffersonville IN 463 40 Aug-42 To France 1944
PC 563   Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights NY 463 40 Jun-42  
PC 564 Chadron Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights NY 463 40 Jul-42 To Korea
PC 565 Gilmer Brown Shipbuilding Houston TX 463 40 May-42 To Venezuela 1960
PC 566 Honesdale Brown Shipbuilding Houston TX 463 40 Jun-42 To Venezuela 1960
PC 567 Riverhead Brown Shipbuilding Houston TX 463 40 Jun-42 To US Air Force 1963
PC 568 Altus Brown Shipbuilding Houston TX 463 40 Jul-42 To US Air Force 1963
PC 569 Petosky Albina Engine & Machinery Portland OR 463 40 8-May-42  
PC 570   Albina Engine & Machinery Portland OR 463 40 18-Apr-42 To Thailand
PC 571 Anoka Albina Engine & Machinery Portland OR 463 40 22-May-42  
PC 572 Tooele Albina Engine & Machinery Portland OR 463 40 17-Jun-42 To Venezuela 1960
PC 573   Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh PA 463 40 Jun-42  
PC 574   Dravo Corp. Wilmington DE 463 40 Jul-42  
PC 575   Dravo Corp. Wilmington DE 463 40 Aug-42 To Thailand
PC 576   Dravo Corp. Wilmington DE 463 40 Sep-42  
PC 577   Dravo Corp. Wilmington DE 463 40 Oct-42 Lost Nov-48
PC 578   Albina Engine & Machinery Portland OR 463 40 13-Jul-42  
PC 579 Wapakoneta Albina Engine & Machinery Portland OR 463 40 24-Aug-42  
PC 580 Malvern Albina Engine & Machinery Portland OR 463 40 26-Sep-42 To Indonesia 1960