List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-301 to SC-350) explained

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 seventh group of 50 ships of the class.

Ships

Number BuilderCommissioned Fate Notes
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
29 April 1917 Sold 10 April 1922[1] Based at Azores during war.
Fishing boat Silver Screen 1927[2]
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
11 January 1918 Sold to Cuban Navy 9 November 1918 as No. 2Used for coastguard duties 1931.
Scrapped 1950s[3]
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
4 May 1918 Sold 25 September 1922.Operated off Mexican coast during war.[4]
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
4 May 1918Sold 8 April 1922.Operated off Mexican coast during war.[5]
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
11 May 1918 Sold 10 April 1922.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
27 February 1918 Sold to Department of Justice 17 December 1930.Named McDowell in DoJ service and operated at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary[6]
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
11 May 1918 To Department of War 26 June 1920.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
23 February 1918 Sold 25 September 1922.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[7]
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
18 May 1918 Sold 20 January 1921.Based in Alaska during war[8]
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[9]
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
18 May 1918 Sold 4 February 1922.Based in Alaska during war[10]
To Canada 1922,
Renamed Trucilla 1923
Still extant 1959[11]
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
18 May 1918 Sold to Cuban Navy 5 November 1918 as No. 3Used for coastguard duties 1931.
Scrapped 1950s[12]
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
18 May 1918 Sold to Cuban Navy 5 November 1918 as No. 4Used for coastguard duties 1931.
Scrapped 1950s[13]
5 October 1918 To France as C-45.
Robert Jacob
City Island, Bronx
22 December 1917 To France as C-27.
Robert Jacob
City Island, Bronx
11 January 1917 To France as C-19.
Robert Jacob
City Island, Bronx
11 January 1917 To France as C-20.
Robert Jacob
City Island, Bronx
11 January 1917 To France as C-21.
22 December 1917 To France as C-28.
Luders Marine Construction Company
Stamford, Connecticut
22 December 1917To France Disappeared at sea during delivery to France 18 January 1918.
Luders Marine Construction Company
Stamford, Connecticut
1 December 1917 Sold 7 July 1927.Operated in Gulf of Mexico during war[14]
Luders Marine Construction Company
Stamford, Connecticut
8 January 1918 Sold 18 February 1920.Based at Plymouth, England[15] and Harwich during war.
Luders Marine Construction Company
Stamford, Connecticut
7 March 1918 Sold 8 March 1922Based at Plymouth, England[16] and Brest, France during war
Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
5 December 1917 Sold 11 May 1922.Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland during war[17]
Yacht 323 from 1921, freight boat from 1935[18]
Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
13 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[19]
Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
13 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921Based at Plymouth, England during war/
Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
14 November 1917 Sold 8 November 1935Fishing boat North Sea in 1948[20]
Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
10 December 1917 To Italy June 1919Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[21]
Great Lakes Boat Building
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
20 October 1917 Sold 8 November 1935Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919, based at Kirkwall.[22]
Fishing boat Sea Roamer 1937
Renamed Katherine & Mary 1948
Foundered off New Jersey coast 28 May 1955[23]
Great Lakes Boat Building
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
20 October 1917 Sold 25 September 1922Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919[24]
Yacht Siwash III in 1923.[25]
8 February 1918 To War Shipping Administration for disposal 8 October 1946Based at Gibraltar during war
Assigned Hull number PC-330 in 1920 and used as Naval Reserve training vessel in US Midwest
Redesignated SC-330 April 1943[26]
Smith & Williams
Salisbury, Maryland
13 March 1918 Sold 29 April 1921Based at Gibraltar during war
Smith & Williams
Salisbury, Maryland
13 March 1918 Sold 29 January 1924Based at Gibraltar postwar[27]
26 January 1918 To US Coast Guard 4 February 1920 as USCGC DeeringSold by Coast Guard 2 October 1922
Freighter Houtex 1931
Registered as tug 1935[28]
Barret Shipbuilding
Mobile, Alabama
4 March 1918 To US Coast Guard 4 February 1920 as USCGC Talley Sold by Coast Guard 2 October 1922
Pilot boat Houston Pilot No. 2 1927
Still extant 1935[29]
Barret Shipbuilding
Mobile, Alabama
18 April 1918 To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Cygan Served with Coast Guard at Key West, San Francisco, and Alaska
Decommissioned 20 May 1936[30]
Barret Shipbuilding
Mobile, Alabama
6 May 1918 Sold 30 October 1920 to City of New Orleans
24 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[31]
L. E. Fry & Co
Clayton, New York
24 December 1917 Sold 19 September 1922.Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[32]
16 February 1918 Lost 19 September 1919 Grounded at Key West during 1919 Florida Keys hurricane
Machinery and fittings salvaged, remains sold for scrap 25 January 1921[33]
American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York
16 February 1918 Lost 6 October 1923Based in Azores during war.
Destroyed by fire off Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands
American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York
22 March 1918 Sold 5 April 1927Based in Azores during war.
American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York
15 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war
Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919[34]
American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York
15 March 1918 Lost 15 May 1919 Based at Plymouth, England during war
Destroyed by fire at Ireland Island, Bermuda[35]
American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York
23 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921.Based at Plymouth, England during war
American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York
25 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921.Based at Plymouth, England during war
American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York
25 March 1918 Sold 28 April 1920.Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war[36]
11 January 1917 To France as C-18
College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
11 January 1917 To France as C-12
College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
14 November 1917 Sold 26 May 1921.Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[37] Fishing boat Sonia 1927[38]
College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
30 March 1918 To France as C-30

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. SC-301 - SC-400 . 10 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-301 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  3. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-302 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Hull Number: SC 303 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Hull Number: SC 304 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-306 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  7. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . HMCS Marauder (FY 03), ex SC-308 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Hull Number: SC 309 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  9. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-309 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  10. Web site: Hull Number: SC 310 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  11. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-310 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  12. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-311 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  13. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-312 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  14. Web site: Hull Number: SC 320 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  15. Web site: Hull Number: SC 321 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  16. Web site: Hull Number: SC 322 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  17. Web site: Hull Number: SC 323 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  18. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-323 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  19. Web site: Hull Number: SC 324 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  20. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-326 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  21. Web site: Hull Number: SC 327 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  22. Web site: Hull Number: SC 328 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  23. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-328 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  24. Web site: Hull Number: SC 329 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  25. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-329 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  26. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-330, ex-PC-330 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  27. Web site: Hull Number: SC 332 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  28. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . USCGC Deering (CGSC 333), ex-USS SC-333 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  29. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . USCGC Talley (CGSC 334), ex-USS SC-334 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  30. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . USCGC Cygan (CGSC 335), ex-USS SC-335 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  31. Web site: Hull Number: SC 337 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  32. Web site: Hull Number: SC 338 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  33. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-339 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  34. Web site: Hull Number: SC 342 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  35. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-343 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.
  36. Web site: Hull Number: SC 346 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  37. Web site: Hull Number: SC 349 . The Subchaser Archives. 10 July 2022.
  38. Web site: Radigan . Joseph M. . SC-349 . NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive . 10 July 2022.