Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

WSC-142 USS Jackson

• Active class Submarine Chaser:
• Displacement: 220 tons
• Length: 125'
• Beam: 23'6"
• Draft: 9'
• Speed: 13 knots
• Armament: 1 3"/23, 2 20mm, 2 depth charge tracks, 2 mousetraps
• Complement: 5 officers, 41 enlisted
• Diesel engines; twin screws
• Built at American Brown Boveri Electric Corp., Camden, NJ, and commissioned 14 March 1927

Additional Links:

• "USCG at War: Transports & Escorts" -- USS Jackson
• "USCG at War: Cutters Lost" -- USS Jackson and USS Bedloe
• Press Release -- Loss of USS Jackson and USS Bedloe

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