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Another harrier of the U-boats nears completion at an eastern boat yard, Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Conn. Many new 110-foot wooden sub-chasers are taking the water these days at yards in all parts of the country (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Denny Gill said:

  Of note: "Laid down, 23 May 1941 by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, CT; Launched, 27 April 1942; Commissioned USS SC-534, 11 July 1942; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to France, 28 October 1944; Redesignated CH-122; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Fate unknown." source: www.navsource.org/archives/12/150534.htm

Another harrier of the U-boats nears completion at an eastern boat yard, Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Conn. Many new 110-foot wooden sub-chasers are taking the water these days at yards in all parts of the country (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Ted Daniels said:

  My father skippered a vessel like this--maybe even this one--in the early days of the war. He told tales of "harrying" 30-knot U-boats in one of these 20-knot sub chasers around the Florida Keys and Bahamas. The only shot they had was if they caught the U-boats napping.