Joe Claude Erickson (1923 – 1945) U.S. Navy, USS SC-1006 (SC-1006)

1. Joe Claude Erickson (1923 – 1945)
Born 29 September 1923 Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah
The 7th
of 7 children of parents Larkin Andrew Erickson and Ethyl Roberts Erickson.

3. Find A Grave - Joe Claude Erickson
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104561
Burial:
Mountain View Cemetery
Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah, USA
Plot: B_B21_3

6. USS SC-1006 (SC-1006)
Submarine chaser of the SC-497 class
The US Navy, Type: Submarine chaser, Class: SC-497 , Pennant: SC-1006
Built by: Fellows and Stewart (Wilmington, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered: 14 Feb 1942 , Laid down: 13 Apr 1942
Launched: 7 Sep 1942 , Commissioned: 3 May 1943
Specifications:
Displacement 148 t., Length 110' 10", Beam 17', Draft 6' 6", Speed 21 kts.
Complement 28, Armament: One 40mm gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two
depth charge projector "K Gun," and two depth charge tracks
Propulsion: Two 1,540bhp General Motors (Electro-Motive Div.) 16-184A diesel engines,
two shafts
LIKE THE SC-497 class submarine chaser SHOWN BELOW
Most commissioned SC’s and later (1943) converted to a PGM-1 class motor gunboats

7. Subchasers in port, Hawaii