US Coastal Cutter subchaser troops With the dock well into

With the dock well into an estuary and capital ship involvement an impossibility

the 2-man Maruni which carried two depth charges as its main weapon

At 660 tons they carried a 100 mm main gun forward

T-6 was launched on 25 May 1944 but did not depart from Kure Sjipyards for Manila until September of that year

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US Coastal Cutter subchaser troops With the dock well intoSubmarine chasers were used for destroying German U boats that were stationed off the coast of the United States (some 67 German U boats were sunk). In the Pacific Theatre, submarine chasers were used for amphibious landings, courier and escort duty. SC 497 class submarine chasers were a class of 438 submarine chasers, 98 tons with a length of 110 ft 10 in (34 m) and a speed of 18 knots. 142 were part of the Lend Lease program with 78 sent to the