USS SC-501
 USS SC-661, a fellow SC-497 class submarine chaser. | |
| Career (United States of America) |   |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS SC-499 |
| Operator: |
 United States Navy United States Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Seabrook Yacht Corporation |
| Laid down: | 29 April 1941 |
| Launched: | 24 January 1942 |
| Struck: | 5 June 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold on 20 December 1946. |
| 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 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear 2 x shafts |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Complement: | 28 |
| Armament: | 1 x 40mm gun mount 2 x .50 caliber machine guns 2 x Y guns 2 x ducts |
USS SC-501 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Coast Guard and later the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as PC-501 on 29 April 1941 by the Seabrook Yacht Corporation in Houston, Texas, and launched on 24 January 1942. She was reclassified SC-501 on 8 April 1943, and acquired from the Coast Guard on 9 April 1943. She was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Vessel IX-100 on 21 April 1943 and named Racer on 3 May 1943. She was in service from 27 May 1943 to 21 May 1946. She was struck from the Navy Register on 5 June 1946 and sold to the private market on 20 December 1946.
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