The SC-1 class was a large class of submarine chasers built during World War I for the United States Navy. They were ordered in very large numbers in order to combat attacks by German U-boats, with 442 vessels built from 1917 to 1919. This article lists details of the seventh group of 50 ships of the class.
Ships
edit| Number | Builder | Commissioned | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS SC-301 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
29 April 1917 | Sold 10 April 1922[1][2] | Based at Azores during war.[3] Fishing boat Silver Screen 1927[4] |
| USS SC-302 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
11 January 1918 | Sold to Cuban Navy 9 November 1918 as No. 2[1][2][5] | Used for coastguard duties 1931.[5] Scrapped 1950s[6] |
| USS SC-303 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
4 May 1918 | Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2] | Operated off Mexican coast during war.[7] |
| USS SC-304 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
4 May 1918 | Sold 8 April 1922.[1][2] | Operated off Mexican coast during war.[8] |
| USS SC-305 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
11 May 1918 | Sold 10 April 1922.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-306 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
27 February 1918 | Sold to Department of Justice 17 December 1930.[1][2] | Named McDowell in DoJ service and operated at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary[9] |
| USS SC-307 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
11 May 1918 | To Department of War 26 June 1920.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-308 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
23 February 1918 | Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2] | To Canada 1930 and named Hurry Home Renamed Marauder in 1938. To Royal Canadian Navy 1939, commissioned into Fisherman's Reserve as HMCS Marauder with pennant number FY03 Sold 1949 Foundered 18 December 1951 off British Columbia[10] |
| USS SC-309 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
18 May 1918 | Sold 20 January 1921.[1][2] | Based in Alaska during war[11] 1920 yacht Reindeer To Canada 1925 and renamed Coreseus Renamed Evelina M 1938 Renamed Xanadu 1946 Renamed Araucano 1975 Renamed Duchess of Bremerton 1991 Scrapped 2001[12] |
| USS SC-310 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
18 May 1918 | Sold 4 February 1922.[1][2] | Based in Alaska during war[13] To Canada 1922, Renamed Trucilla 1923 Still extant 1959[14] |
| USS SC-311 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
18 May 1918 | Sold to Cuban Navy 5 November 1918 as No. 3[1][2][5] | Used for coastguard duties 1931.[5] Scrapped 1950s[15] |
| USS SC-312 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington |
18 May 1918 | Sold to Cuban Navy 5 November 1918 as No. 4[1][2][5] | Used for coastguard duties 1931.[5] Scrapped 1950s[16] |
| USS SC-313 | Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx |
5 October 1918 | To France as C-45.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-314 | Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx |
22 December 1917 | To France as C-27.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-315 | Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx |
11 January 1917 | To France as C-19.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-316 | Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx |
11 January 1917 | To France as C-20.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-317 | Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx |
11 January 1917 | To France as C-21.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-318 | Luders Marine Construction Company Stamford, Connecticut |
22 December 1917 | To France as C-28.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-319 | Luders Marine Construction Company Stamford, Connecticut |
22 December 1917 | To France[1][2] | Disappeared at sea during delivery to France 18 January 1918.[2] |
| USS SC-320 | Luders Marine Construction Company Stamford, Connecticut |
1 December 1917 | Sold 7 July 1927.[1][17] | Operated in Gulf of Mexico during war[18] |
| USS SC-321 | Luders Marine Construction Company Stamford, Connecticut |
8 January 1918 | Sold 18 February 1920.[1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England[19] and Harwich during war.[3] |
| USS SC-322 | Luders Marine Construction Company Stamford, Connecticut |
7 March 1918 | Sold 8 March 1922[1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England[20] and Brest, France during war[3] |
| USS SC-323 | Kyle & Purdy City Island, Bronx |
5 December 1917 | Sold 11 May 1922.[1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland during war[21] Yacht 323 from 1921, freight boat from 1935[22] |
| USS SC-324 | Kyle & Purdy City Island, Bronx |
13 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921[1][17] | Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][23] |
| USS SC-325 | Kyle & Purdy City Island, Bronx |
13 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921[1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England during war/[3] |
| USS SC-326 | Kyle & Purdy City Island, Bronx |
14 November 1917 | Sold 8 November 1935[1][17] | Fishing boat North Sea in 1948[24] |
| USS SC-327 | Kyle & Purdy City Island, Bronx |
10 December 1917 | To Italy June 1919[1][17] | Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][25] |
| USS SC-328 | Great Lakes Boat Building Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
20 October 1917 | Sold 8 November 1935[1][17] | Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919, based at Kirkwall.[26] Fishing boat Sea Roamer 1937 Renamed Katherine & Mary 1948 Foundered off New Jersey coast 28 May 1955[27] |
| USS SC-329 | Great Lakes Boat Building Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
20 October 1917 | Sold 25 September 1922[1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919[28] Yacht Siwash III in 1923.[29] |
| USS SC-330 | Burger Boat Company Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
8 February 1918 | To War Shipping Administration for disposal 8 October 1946[1][17] | Based at Gibraltar during war[3] Assigned Hull number PC-330 in 1920 and used as Naval Reserve training vessel in US Midwest Redesignated SC-330 April 1943[30] |
| USS SC-331 | Smith & Williams Salisbury, Maryland |
13 March 1918 | Sold 29 April 1921[1][17] | Based at Gibraltar during war[3] |
| USS SC-332 | Smith & Williams Salisbury, Maryland |
13 March 1918 | Sold 29 January 1924[1][17] | Based at Gibraltar postwar[3][31] |
| USS SC-333 | Barret Shipbuilding Mobile, Alabama |
26 January 1918 | To US Coast Guard 4 February 1920 as USCGC Deering[1][17][32] | Sold by Coast Guard 2 October 1922 Freighter Houtex 1931 Registered as tug 1935[33] |
| USS SC-334 | Barret Shipbuilding Mobile, Alabama |
4 March 1918 | To US Coast Guard 4 February 1920 as USCGC Talley[1][17][32] | Sold by Coast Guard 2 October 1922 Pilot boat Houston Pilot No. 2 1927 Still extant 1935[34] |
| USS SC-335 | Barret Shipbuilding Mobile, Alabama |
To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Cygan[1][17][32] | Served with Coast Guard at Key West, San Francisco, and Alaska Decommissioned 20 May 1936[35][32] | |
| USS SC-336 | Barret Shipbuilding Mobile, Alabama |
6 May 1918 | Sold 30 October 1920 to City of New Orleans[1][17] | |
| USS SC-337 | L. E. Fry & Co Clayton, New York |
24 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][17] | Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][36] |
| USS SC-338 | L. E. Fry & Co Clayton, New York |
24 December 1917 | Sold 19 September 1922.[1][17] | Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][37] |
| USS SC-339 | American Car and Foundry Clayton, New York |
16 February 1918 | Lost 19 September 1919[1][17] | Grounded at Key West during 1919 Florida Keys hurricane Machinery and fittings salvaged, remains sold for scrap 25 January 1921[38] |
| USS SC-340 | American Car and Foundry Clayton, New York |
16 February 1918 | Lost 6 October 1923[1][17] | Based in Azores during war.[3] Destroyed by fire off Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands[1] |
| USS SC-341 | American Car and Foundry Clayton, New York |
22 March 1918 | Sold 5 April 1927[1][17] | Based in Azores during war.[3] |
| USS SC-342 | American Car and Foundry Clayton, New York |
15 March 1918 | Sold 26 May 1921[1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919[39] |
| USS SC-343 | American Car and Foundry Clayton, New York |
15 March 1918 | Lost 15 May 1919 [1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] Destroyed by fire at Ireland Island, Bermuda[40] |
| USS SC-344 | American Car and Foundry Clayton, New York |
23 March 1918 | Sold 26 May 1921.[1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] |
| USS SC-345 | American Car and Foundry Clayton, New York |
25 March 1918 | Sold 26 May 1921.[1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] |
| USS SC-346 | American Car and Foundry Clayton, New York |
25 March 1918 | Sold 28 April 1920.[1][17] | Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war[41] |
| USS SC-347 | College Point Boat College Point, Queens |
11 January 1917 | To France as C-18[1][17] | |
| USS SC-348 | College Point Boat College Point, Queens |
11 January 1917 | To France as C-12[1][17] | |
| USS SC-349 | College Point Boat College Point, Queens |
14 November 1917 | Sold 26 May 1921.[1][17] | Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][42] Fishing boat Sonia 1927[43] |
| USS SC-350 | College Point Boat College Point, Queens |
30 March 1918 | To France as C-30[1][17] |
See also
edit- List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-1 to SC-50)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-51 to SC-100)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-101 to SC-150)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-151 to SC-200)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-201 to SC-250)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-251 to SC-300)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-351 to SC-400)
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay "SC-301 - SC-400". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Friedman 1987, p. 472
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Nutting 1920, p. 178
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-301". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Parkes 1931, p. 137
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-302". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 303". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 304". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-306". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "HMCS Marauder (FY 03), ex SC-308". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 309". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-309". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 310". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-310". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-311". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-312". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Friedman 1987, p. 473
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 320". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 321". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 322". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 323". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-323". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 324". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-326". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 327". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 328". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-328". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 329". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-329". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-330, ex-PC-330". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 332". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d Flynn 2014, p. 4
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Deering (CGSC 333), ex-USS SC-333". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Talley (CGSC 334), ex-USS SC-334". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Cygan (CGSC 335), ex-USS SC-335". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 337". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 338". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-339". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 342". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-343". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 346". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 349". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-349". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
References
edit- Flynn, Jim (2014). "U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft: Major Classes - 100-feet to 150 feet in length: 1915 to 2012" (PDF). US Coast Guard. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- Friedman, Norman (1987). U.S. Small Combatants: Including PT-Boats, Subchasers and the Brown Water Navy: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Navy Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-713-5.
- Parkes, Oscar, ed. (1973) [First published 1931 by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd: London]. Jane's Fighting Ships 1931 (reprint ed.). David & Charles (Publishers) Limited. ISBN 0-7153-5849-9.
- Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.