The 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 fourth 50 ships of the class.
| Number | Builder | Commissioned | Fate | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida | 14 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1] | Served on Otranto Barrage and took part in the Bombardment of Durazzo on 2 October 1918.[2] Became party fishing boat after sale with the name Usona. Re-acquired by US Navy in 1942 as district patrol craft YP-191, resold in 1946, became fishing boat Sea Queen III.[3] | ||
| Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida | 17 January 1918 | To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Vaughan. | Decommissioned 28 March 1928. | ||
| Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida | 14 February 1918 | To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Taylor. | Decommissioned 1 January 1923 | ||
| Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida | 15 February 1918 | Sold 16 November 1921. | Operated from Key West during war.[4] | ||
| Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida | 11 April 1918 | To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Smith. | Served on US West coast (Alaska and California) for Coast Guard. Decommissioned 1937.[5] | ||
| 30 October 1917 | Sold 6 November 1924. | ||||
| F. M. Blount Pensacola, Florida | 13 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. | |||
| F. M. Blount Pensacola, Florida | 13 March 1918 | Sold 26 February 1921. | |||
| F. M. Blount Pensacola, Florida | 17 September 1917 | Sold 16 November 1926. | Operated on aviation patrol duties based at Pensacola from 1921 to 1926.[6] [7] | ||
| 22 December 1917 | To France as C-25. | Later CH.25. Scuttled at Toulon 27 November 1942, later salvaged and scrapped. | |||
| Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York | 30 March 1918 | To France as C-36. | |||
| Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York | 10 May 1918 | To France as C-44. | |||
| Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York | 18 May 1918 | To France as C-48. | |||
| Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York | 23 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. | Served at Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland and Plymouth, England during war.[8] [9] | ||
| Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York | 23 March 1918 | Destroyed in fire 25 August 1920 | Served in Azores during war. | ||
| Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York | 23 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. | Based at Newport, Rhode Island during war.[10] | ||
| Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York | 8 April 1918 | Destroyed in fire 22 December 1917. | Based at Newport, Rhode Island during war.[11] | ||
| Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York | 8 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. | Fishing boat Whitby II after sale. Re-acquired by US Navy in 1942 as district patrol boat YP-178, but unsuitable and sold in June 1942. Fishing vessel Madonna from 1947. Abandoned and broken up 1959.[12] | ||
| 30 March 1918 | To France as C-37. | ||||
| Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio | 22 December 1917 | To France as C-29 | |||
| Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio | 22 December 1917 | To France as C-39. | |||
| Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio | 22 December 1917 | To France as C-26. | Named Jean Argaud in post war French service.[13] | ||
| Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio | 30 March 1918 | To France as C-31. | |||
| Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio | 22 December 1917 | To France as C-40. | |||
| Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio | 30 March 1918 | To France as C-32. | |||
| Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio | 30 March 1918 | To France as C-38. | |||
| Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio | 31 October 1917 | Exchanged hull number with . | The submarine chaser built as SC-405 was built for France but was damaged during Sea trials delaying delivery, so SC-177 and SC-405 exchanged hull numbers. The ship built as SC-177 became the French C-99. The new SC-177 (built as SC-405) was based at Plymouth, England during the war and was sold in 1921.[14] | ||
| Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio | Date unknown | Sold 24 June 1921. | Served at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and on minesweeping duties in North Sea after war.[15] | ||
| 24 December 1917 | Sold to Italy 1920. | Based at Corfu during war and took part in the Bombardment of Durazzo on 2 October 1918.[16] | |||
| International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York | 27 April 1918 | See Notes | Destroyed in accident 15 July 1920 according to Friedman Destroyed by fire 29 October 1920 according to Subchaser Archives[17] Sold 24 June 1921 according to DANFS | ||
| International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York | 27 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. | Served at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and on minesweeping duties in North Sea after war.[18] | ||
| International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York | 6 May 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. | Served in European waters in war.[19] | ||
| International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York | 27 April 1918 | To US Coast Guard 21 October 1921 as USCGC Tinguard. | Decommissioned 3 June 1937 | ||
| International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York | 27 April 1918 | Sunk in collision 9 August 1919.[20] | Salvaged and sold for scrap 20 May 1921 | ||
| International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York | 27 April 1918 | Lost 30 June 1940. | |||
| International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York | 27 April 1918 | Sold 28 October 1926. | |||
| International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York | April/May 1918 | Sunk in collision 4 August 1918. | |||
| International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York | 13 March 1918 | Scrapped 2 July 1924. | |||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 13 March 1918 | Sold 9 May 1921 | |||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 13 March 1918 | Sold 10 November 1921 | |||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 13 March 1918 | Sold 12 March 1924 | |||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 15 April 1918 | Transferred to Sea Scouts 15 May 1937 | |||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 15 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. | |||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 15 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. | Served on US East coast during war.[21] | ||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 15 April 1918 | Sold 12 November 1921. | |||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 15 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. | |||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 15 April 1918 | To US Coast Guard as USCGC Mehalatos. | Sold 27 January 1923 | ||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 15 April 1918 | Sold 11 May 1921. | |||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 14 April 1918 | To US Coast Guard as USCGC Ovesen. | Sold 1923 | ||
| General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 17 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. |