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BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE *

14)SUB CHASER JURUÁ CS 53



Photo. SDGM (Serviço de Documentação Geral da Marinha)


SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser


Laid down 3 April 1942 by W. A. Robinson, Inc., Ipswich, MA


Launched 12 October 1942


Commissioned USS SC-764, 30 October 1942


Transferred to Brazil 31 December 1942 and renamed Jurua (CS 53)


Decommissioned, 23 Sep 1948


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


Displacement: 148 t


Length 110' 10"


Beam 17' 11"


Max. Draft 6' 6"(fl)


Speed 15.6 or 21k


Complement: 3 officers, 24 sailors


Armament one 40mm, two 20-mm, two or three dcp "K Guns", 20 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.


During World War II, Jurua patrolled 64,514 miles, in 247 days at sea and escorted 36 convoys. She was stricken from active duty in the Navy on September 23, 1948


 

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