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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | 1948}} | Ship name=USS SC-743 | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Julius Petersen Inc., Nyack, New York | Ship laid down=24 April 1942 | Ship launched=26 August 1942 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=27 February 1943 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate=Transferred to the Philippines, 2 July 1948 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | SC-497|submarine chaser}} | 95|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} | 110|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} | 17|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 6|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} (full) | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion=*2 × General Motors 8-268A diesel engines- Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear
- 2 shafts.
| 15.6|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=28 officers and enlisted | Ship armament=*1 × 40 mm gun mount- 1 or 2 × twin .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
- 2 or 3 × depth charge projectors ("K-guns")
- 14 × depth charges with six single release chocks
- 2 × Mk.20 Mousetrap rails with four {{Convert|7.2|in|mm|abbr=on}} projectiles
| Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | USS SC-743 was a United States Navy {{Sclass-|SC-497|submarine chaser}} which after service during World War II was transferred to the Philippine Navy in 1948. The ship was laid down on 24 April 1942 at Julius Petersen Inc., Nyack, New York, launched on 26 August 1942, and commissioned on 27 February 1943. Assigned to the South West Pacific Area she was damaged by a dive bomber while covering the landings during the battle of Arawe, New Britain on 17 December 1943.[1] She was transferred to the Philippine Navy on 2 July 1948. References1. ^Morison (1958), p. 377.
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