BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE * - 16 SUBMARINE CHASERS
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.
Sub Chaser Juruá played active role during the war with 36 convoy escorting duties.
