List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-51 to SC-100)

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 second 50 ships of the class.

Ships edit

Number Builder Commissioned Fate Notes
USS SC-51 New York Navy Yard 23 April 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-52 New York Navy Yard 23 April 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-53 New York Navy Yard 30 April 1918 Scuttled by burning 1920.[1][2]
USS SC-54 New York Navy Yard 11 May 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-55 New York Navy Yard 3 November 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-56 New York Navy Yard 6 May 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-57 New York Navy Yard 6 May 1918 Sold 12 December 1935.[1][2]
USS SC-58 New York Navy Yard 6 May 1918 Burned 2 May 1919.[1][2]
USS SC-59 New York Navy Yard 11 May 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-60 New York Navy Yard May 1918 Sunk in collision 1 October 1918.[1][2] Sunk in collision with tanker off New York. 2 Killed.[3]
USS SC-61 New York Navy Yard 16 May 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served in North American waters during World War I, arriving at the Azores after the war's end.[4]
USS SC-62 New York Navy Yard 11 May 1918 Sold 6 March 1922.[1][2] Based in Azores during the war.[5]
USS SC-63 New York Navy Yard 16 May 1918 Sold 22 July 1931.[1][2] Based in Azores during the war.[5]
USS SC-64 New York Navy Yard 16 May 1918 Sold 11 March 1943.[1][2] Based in Azores during the war.[5] Converted to water tanker. Renamed YW-97 on 30 November 1942.
USS SC-65 Mathis Yacht Building 1 November 1917 To France as C-13.[1][2]
USS SC-66 Mathis Yacht Building 1 November 1917 To France as C-14.[1][2]
USS SC-67 Mathis Yacht Building 22 December 1917 To France as C-22.[1][2]
USS SC-68 Mathis Yacht Building 15 March 1918 To US Coast Guard 15 January 1920 as USCGC Hansen.[1][2][6] Sold 27 April 1927.[6]
USS SC-69 Mathis Yacht Building 16 February 1918 Sold 9 December 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-70 Mathis Yacht Building 16 February 1918 To US Coast Guard 15 January 1920 as USCGC Newbury[1][2][6] Sold 11 December 1925.[6]
USS SC-71 Mathis Yacht Building 28 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-72 Mathis Yacht Building 21 March 1918 Sold 4 November 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-73 Mathis Yacht Building 20 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-74 Mathis Yacht Building 20 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-75 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
1 November 1917 To France as C-16.[1][2]
USS SC-76 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
1 November 1917 To France as C-15.[1][2]
USS SC-77 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
5 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served in France during war.[7]
USS SC-78 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
14 November 1917 Sold June 1919.[1][2] Served on Otranto Barrage.[8]
USS SC-79 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
5 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served in North American waters.[9]
USS SC-80 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
18 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served in Mediterranean.[10]
USS SC-81 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
18 December 1917 Sank 6 August 1920.[1][2] Served in France during war.[11] Sunk near Charleston, South Carolina.[2]
USS SC-82 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
21 February 1918 Sold June 1919.[1][2]
USS SC-83 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
21 February 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war.[12]
USS SC-84 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
21 February 1918 Sank 6 August 1920.[1][2] Sunk near Charleston, South Carolina.[2]
USS SC-85 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
21 February 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war.[13]
USS SC-86 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
21 February 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war.[14]
USS SC-87 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
21 February 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war.[15]
USS SC-88 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
1 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-89 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.,
Kingston New York
1 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-90 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
14 November 1917 Sold 11 August 1920.[1][2] Served on Otranto Barrage.[16]
USS SC-91 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
5 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served in European waters, based at Queenstown (now Cobh) and Plymouth.[17]
USS SC-92 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
5 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served on Otranto Barrage.[18]
USS SC-93 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
5 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served on Otranto Barrage.[19]
USS SC-94 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
24 December 1917 Sold 1919.[1][2] Served in Mediterranean, based at Corfu.[20]
USS SC-95 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
24 December 1917 Sold 1919.[1][2] Deployed to Arkhangelsk in North Russia in June–July 1918 along with SC-256 and SC-354.[21]
USS SC-96 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
18 December 1917 Sold 4 March 1924.[1][2] Served in Mediterranean, based at Corfu.[22]
USS SC-97 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
18 January 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served in European waters (based at Plymouth) during war.[23]
USS SC-98 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
19 February 1918 Sold 14 October 1924.[1][2] Took part in minesweeping operations in North Sea in 1919.[24]
USS SC-99 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
3 March 1918 Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-100 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
2 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Served in European waters (based at Plymouth) during war.[25]

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 ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax Friedman 1987, p. 469
  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 ay az "SC-1 - SC-100". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Hull Number: SC 60". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Hull Number: SC 61". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Nutting 1920, p. 178
  6. ^ a b c d Flynn 2014, p. 4
  7. ^ "Hull Number: SC 77". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Hull Number: SC 78". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Hull Number: SC 79". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Hull Number: SC 80". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Hull Number: SC 81". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Hull Number: SC 83". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Hull Number: SC 85". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Hull Number: SC 86". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Hull Number: SC 87". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Hull Number: SC 90". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Hull Number: SC 91". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Hull Number: SC 92". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Hull Number: SC 93". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  20. ^ "Hull Number: SC 94". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  21. ^ Nutting 1920, pp. 116–127
  22. ^ "Hull Number: SC 96". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Hull Number: SC 97". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  24. ^ "Hull Number: SC 98". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  25. ^ "Hull Number: SC 100". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

References edit

  • 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.
  • 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 10 March 2019.
  • Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.