USS SC-497 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 originally laid down as PC-497 on 29 November 1941 by the Westergard Boat Works in Rockport, Texas, and launched on 4 July 1941.

She was later reclassified as a SC-497 class submarine chaser and renamed SC-497.

She was transferred to the Free French Navy as part of the Lend-Lease program on 18 March 1944 as CH-96.

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