USS SC-498 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy, and later the Free French Navy, during World War II. She was laid down as PC-498 on 12 March 1941 by the Westergard Boat Works in Rockport, Texas, and launched on 21 July 1941. She was commissioned as USS PC-498 on 29 April 1942. She was later reclassified a SC-497 class submarine chaser and renamed SC-498. She was transferred to the Free French Navy as part of the Lend-Lease program on 18 March 1944 as CH-142, and was later reclassified as P-696. Her exact fate is unknown. See also Harbour Defence Motor Launch Wooden boats of World War II References Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive: SC-498 SC-497-class submarine chasers Ships built in Texas 1941 ships SC-497-class submarine chasers of the French Navy Ships of the Free French Naval Forces