USS SC-497
 USS PC-497 before her conversion into USS SC-497. | |
| Career (United States of America) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS SC-497 |
| Operator: |
 United States Navy |
| Builder: | Westergard Boat Works, Inc. |
| Laid down: | 7 March 1941 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 15 April 1942 |
| Fate: | Transferred to France on 18 March 1944, permanently on 15 August 1944. |
| Career (France) |   |
| Name: | CH-96 |
| Operator: |
Free French Naval Forces French Navy |
| Acquired: | 18 March 1944 |
| Renamed: | CH-724 in 1952 and later P-724 |
| Fate: | Withdrawn from service on 23 October 1980, fate unknown. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | SC-497 class submarine chaser |
| Type: | submarine chaser |
| Displacement: | 148 tons |
| Length: | 110 ft 10 in (34 m) |
| Beam: | 17 ft (5 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 6 in (2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear 2 x shafts |
| Speed: | 15.6 knots |
| Complement: | 28 |
| Armament: | 1 x 40mm gun mount 2 x .50 caliber machine guns 2 x Y guns 2 x ducts |
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 She was renamed CH-724 in 1952 and later P-724 before being withdrawn from service on 23 October 1980.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.
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