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USS ''SC-1012'' was a submarine chaser in the United States Navy during World War II. ''SC-1012'' was built by the Fellows and Craft Shipbuilders and launched on 28 December 1942. Commissioned on 18 August 1943. She was involved in several campaigns during World War II and traveled many miles across and throughout the South Pacific escorting convoys, providing Harbormaster duties and pre-invasion reconnaissance. ==Service history== In February 1944, the SC-1012, commanded by Lt. (jg) E. Gordon Myers (22 January 1918–4 July 1962) was in a convoy when was torpedoed. The escort ships, and along with ''SC-1012'', formed a Hunter-Killer group and began a systematic search for the submarine which had torpedoed her. No confirmed kill was recorded, but no further offensive action was seen from the submarine. During the ''SC-1012''s Harbormaster duties, in the Keramerati Island Group, they had just escorted an ammunition ship to dock; when ''SC-1012'' was targeted by a kamikaze. The crew was at battle stations and had just prepared to open fire when the pilot, apparently spotting a better target, broke off his attack and slammed into the ammunition ship which burned for three or four days. During the pre-invasion reconnaissance of the islands, Col. "Squeeky" Anderson was the commanding officer for the landing forces. He would routinely board ''SC-1012'' and go with them to map out the landing zones. During the actual invasion, ''SC-1012'' would stand by at a preset location and the landing craft would then home in on her, aiming to the right or the left of where ''SC-1012'' was stationed. This type of "spotting" enabled the landing ships to hit their target without using any other guidance systems. ''SC-1012'' was extremely fortunate in not losing any crewmembers to any sort of enemy action. However, she was damaged beyond repair when Typhoon Louise hit the Seaplane Base on Okinawa in October 1945, and the ''SC-1012'' was destroyed on 1 January 1946. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS SC-1012」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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