USS SC-498
 USS PC-498 before her conversion into USS SC-498. | |
| Career (United States of America) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS SC-498 |
| Operator: |
 United States Navy |
| Builder: | Westergard Boat Works, Inc. |
| Laid down: | 12 March 1941 |
| Launched: | 21 July 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 29 April 1942 |
| Fate: | Transferred to France on 18 October 1944 |
| Career (France) |   |
| Name: | CH-142, and later P-696 |
| Operator: |
Free French Naval Forces French Navy |
| Acquired: | 18 October 1944 |
| 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 3"/23 gun mount 2 x .50 caliber machine guns 2 x Y guns 2 x ducts |
USS SC-498 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 laid down as PC-498 on 12 March 1941 by the Westergard Boat Works in Rockport, Texas, and launched on 21 July 1941. She was commissioned as USS PC-498 on 29 April 1942. She was later reclassified a SC-497 class submarine chaser and renamed SC-498.
She was transferred to the Free French Navy as part of the Lend-Lease program on 18 March 1944 as CH-142, and was later reclassified as P-696. Her exact fate is unknown.
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