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List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-201 to SC-250)

Summary

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 fifth group of 50 ships of the class.

Ships edit

Number Builder Commissioned Fate Notes
USS SC-201 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		 23 April 1918 Sold 6 June 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-202 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		 23 April 1918 Sold 24 June 1921[1][2]
USS SC-203 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		 25 April 1918 To US Coast Guard 21 November 1919 as USCGC Larsen.[2][3] Decommissioned 1 January 1923, sold 11 January 1923.[3]
USS SC-204 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		 25 April 1918 Sold 27 July 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-205 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		 25 April 1918 Sold 3 September 1920[2]
USS SC-206 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		 25 April 1918 Sold 1 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England[4] and Queenstown, Ireland during World War I.[5]
USS SC-207 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		 26 April 1918 Sold 21 April 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war[4] and took part in post war minesweeping operations in North Sea.[6]
USS SC-208 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		 15 May 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war[4] and took part in post war minesweeping operations in North Sea.[7]
USS SC-209 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		 March 1918 Sunk 27 August 1918.[1][2] Sunk by gunfire by the cargo ship Felix Taussig, south of Long Island after Felix Taussig mistook her for an enemy submarine. Eighteen members of SC-209's crew died.[8][9]
USS SC-210 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		 18 March 1918 Sold 23 April 1930.[1][2] Served at Gibraltar during war.[4]
USS SC-211 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		 28 November 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served in Azores during war.[4]
USS SC-212 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		 15 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served at Gibraltar during war.[4]
USS SC-213 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		 18 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served in Azores during war.[4]
USS SC-214 Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		 1 December 1917 Sold 21 February 1927.[1][2] Served at Gibraltar during war.[4]
USS SC-215 Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		 24 December 1917 Sold 28 June 1919[1][2] Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-216 Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		 14 February 1918 Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2] Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-217 Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		 19 February 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-218 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		 9 February 1918 Sold 21 July 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-219 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		 19 February 1918 Destroyed in fire 9 October 1918.[1][2]
USS SC-220 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		 13 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war.[4]
USS SC-221 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		 13 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war.[4]
USS SC-222 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		 13 March 1918 Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war.[4][10]
USS SC-223 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company
Morris Heights, Bronx		 5 December 1917 Sold 18 March 1936.[1][2] Served at Gibraltar during war.[4] Used for survey duties around Cuba during 1920s.[11]
USS SC-224 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 27 October 1917 Sold 8 September 1936.[1][2] Based at Brest, France and Plymouth, England during war.[4][12]
USS SC-225 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 10 December 1917 Sold 11 May 1921[1][2] Based at Corfu and served on Otranto patrol.[4][13]
USS SC-226 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 24 December 1917 Sold 20 July 1921.[1][2] Based at Bordeaux during war.[4]
Used as fishing boat with name By Gar.[14]
USS SC-227 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 24 December 1917 Sold 14 October 1924.[1][2] Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-228 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 23 January 1918 Sold 20 July 1921.[1][2] Served at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and on minesweeping duties in North Sea after war.[15]
USS SC-229 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 23 January 1918 To US Coast Guard 14 August 1942 as USCGC Boone (WPC-335).[2][16] Decommissioned 6 June 1945. Disposed of 8 March 1946[16]
USS SC-230 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 8 February 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-231 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 8 February 1918 To US Coast Guard 14 August 1942 as USCGC Blaze (WPC-336).[2][16] Decommissioned 25 September 1944. Disposed of 8 March 1946[16]
USS SC-232 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 8 February 1918 Sold 12 December 1923.[1][2]
USS SC-233 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 21 February 1918 To US War Department 2 September 1919[1][2]
USS SC-234 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 21 February 1918 To US War Department 2 September 1919[1][2]
USS SC-235 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 2 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-236 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 2 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-237 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 7 March 1918 Sold 18 May 1923.[1][2]
USS SC-238 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 12 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Re-acquired by War Shipping Administration 1943
To US Coast Guard as USCGC Bowstring (WPC-365) 7 July 1943.
Decommissioned 23 December 1944. Disposed of 6 January 1946.[16][17]
USS SC-239 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 19 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-240 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 20 March 1918 Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-241 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 8 April 1918 Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-242 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		 8 April 1918 Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-243 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		 11 January 1917 To France as C-17[1][2]
USS SC-244 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		 10 December 1917 Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2] Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-245 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		 7 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18] Served on East coast of US.[19]
USS SC-246 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		 7 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18]
USS SC-247 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		 20 March 1918 Sold 11 May 1921.[2][18]
USS SC-248 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		 17 January 1918 Sold 28 June 1919.[2][18] Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-249 Chance Marine Construction Co.
Annapolis, Maryland		 18 May 1918 To France as C-47.[2][18]
USS SC-250 Chance Marine Construction Co.
Annapolis, Maryland		 17 May 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18]

See also edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ 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 Friedman 1987, p. 471
  2. ^ 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 "SC-209 - SC-300". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b Flynn 2014, p. 4
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Nutting 1920, p. 178
  5. ^ "Hull Number: SC 206". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Hull Number: SC 207". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Hull Number: SC 208". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Hull Number: SC 209". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. ^ Galiano, Rich. "Sub Chaser SC-209". New Jersey Scuba Diving. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Hull Number: SC 222". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-223". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Hull Number: SC 224". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Hull Number: SC 225". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  14. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-226". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Hull Number: SC 128". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  16. ^ a b c d e Flynn 2014, p. 5
  17. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-238". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d e f Friedman 1987, p. 472
  19. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-245". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

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.
  • Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.

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