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BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE *

12)SUB CHASER JAVARI CS 51



Sub Chaser Javari seen after war with her new designation J1


SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser


Laid down 23 March 1942 by W. A. Robinson, Inc., Ipswich, MA


Launched 25 September 1942


Commissioned USS SC-763, 20 October 1942


Transferred to Brazil 7 1942 and renamed Javarí (CS 51)


Decommissioned 29 December 1949


Struck from the Naval Register, (1951). Fate unknown.


Displacement: 148 t


Length: 110' 10"December 


Beam: 17' 11"


Max. Draft: 6' 6"(fl)


Speed 15.6 or 21k


Complement: 3 officers, 24 enlisted


Armament one 40mm, two 20-mm, two or three dcp "K Guns", 14 depth charges with six single release chocks, two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles


Propulsion two General Motors 8-268A or two General Motors 16-184A "pancake" engines, two shafts.


On 19/Jul/44, when the Brazilian Navy Transport ship Vital de Oliveira was torpedoed off Rio de Janeiro by U-861 with the loss of 99 crewmembers. Sub Chaser Javari was part of the escort group in that mission from Vitoria to Rio de Janeiro


 

 
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