USS SC-501 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Coast Guard and later the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as PC-501 on 29 April 1941 by the Seabrook Yacht Corporation in Houston, Texas, and launched on 24 January 1942. She was reclassified SC-501 on 8 April 1943, and acquired from the Coast Guard on 9 April 1943. She was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Vessel IX-100 on 21 April 1943 and named Racer on 3 May 1943. She was in service from 27 May 1943 to 21 May 1946. She was struck from the Navy Register on 5 June 1946 and sold to the private market on 20 December 1946.
 USS SC-661, a fellow SC-497 class submarine chaser.
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| History | |
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| Name | USS SC-499 |
| Operator | |
| Builder | Seabrook Yacht Corporation |
| Laid down | 29 April 1941 |
| Launched | 24 January 1942 |
| Stricken | 5 June 1946 |
| Fate | Sold on 20 December 1946. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | SC-497 class submarine chaser |
| Type | submarine chaser |
| Displacement | 148 tons |
| Length | 110 ft 10 in (34 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft (5 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft 6 in (2 m) |
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| Speed | 21 knots |
| Complement | 28 |
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