BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE * - 16 SUBMARINE CHASERS
11)SUB CHASER JAGUARIBE CS 56
Above Sub Chaser Jaguaribe seen aligning Brazilian Cruiser Bahia during fuel transfer.
SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:
Laid down 18 April 1942 by W. A. Robinson, Inc., Ipswich, MA
Launched 7 December 1942
Commissioned USS SC-767, 2 January 1943
Decommissioned, (date unknown)
Transferred to Brazil 16 February 1943 and renamed Jaguaribe (CS 56)
Struck from the Naval Register, (1951). Fate unknown.
Displacement 148 t
Length 110' 10"
Beam 17' 11"
Max. Draft 6' 6"(fl)
Speed 15.6 Kts
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 1st May/43 Sub Chaser Jaguaribe when doing a patrol sweep 780 miles off Natal, rescued 19 survivors from Greek Merchant Adelfotis on pos. 03º 20' S 21º 32' W.
