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USS SC-42 
Summary
USS SC-42, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 42 or USS S.C. 42, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
 The SC-1-class submarine chasers S.C. 102 (bearing identification marking "N-5"), SC-105 (bearing identification marking N-6), and S.C. 42 (bearing identification marking "N-2"). The three submarine chasers made up half of Division N of the USS Jouett Group in 1918 when this photograph was taken, and later (from 4 September 1918) made up the entirety of Group B of the USS Henley Group.
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| Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
| Commissioned | 2 March 1918 |
| Reclassified | SC-42 on 17 July 1920 |
| Fate | Sold 24 June 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | SC-1-class submarine chaser |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) |
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| Propulsion | Three 220 bhp (160 kW) Standard Motor Construction Company six-cylinder gasoline engines, three shafts, 2,400 US gallons (9,100 L) of gasoline; one Standard Motor Construction Company two-cylinder gasoline-powered auxiliary engine |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range | 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 27 (2 officers, 25 enlisted men) |
| Sensors and processing systems | One Submarine Signal Company S.C. C Tube, M.B. Tube, or K Tube hydrophone |
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Characteristics edit
SC-42 was a wooden-hulled 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser built at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York. She was commissioned on 2 March 1918 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 42, abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 42.
History edit
When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Submarine Chaser No. 42 was classified as SC-42 and her name was shortened to USS SC-42.
On 24 June 1921, the Navy sold SC-42 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
References edit
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-42
- The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great War Hull number: SC-42
- Woofenden, Todd A. Hunters of the Steel Sharks: The Submarine Chasers of World War I. Bowdoinham, Maine: Signal Light Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9789192-0-7.