List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-101 to SC-150)

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 third 50 ships of the class.

Ships
NumberBuilderCommissionedFateNotes
USS SC-101Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey		2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Based at Plymouth, England[3] and Brest, France[4] during World War I
Re-acquired by US Navy in 1942 as YP-180, resold in 1945, later named Fidus, Palace II and Fiscus III. Scrapped 1971.[5]
USS SC-102Elco12 March 1918To War Shipping Administration 3 January 1947.[1][2]Sunk by collision with USS Adamant on 11 February 1942 but salvaged on 24 February 1942 and repaired.[6]
USS SC-103Elco7 March 1918Sank at pierside September 1939
Later salvaged and scuttled by burning.[2]		Stationed at Brest, France during World War I.[4]
Lent to Michigan Naval Militia on 1 July 1926 and to Buffalo Council, Boy Scouts of America on 25 September 1936.[1][2]
USS SC-104Elco12 March 1918Sold 22 December 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-105Elco9 November 1917Sold 20 July 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-106Charleston Navy Yard31 December 1917Sold 10 November 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-107Charleston Navy Yard19 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-108Charleston Navy Yard12 February 1918Transferred to War Department 18 September 1918.[7][2]
USS SC-109Charleston Navy Yard12 February 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-110Charleston Navy Yard30 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland in World War I.
Took part in minesweeping operations in North Sea after end of war.[8]
USS SC-111Charleston Navy Yard30 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Based at Plymouth, England during World War I.[4]
USS SC-112Charleston Navy Yard22 April 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Based at Key West.[9]
USS SC-113Charleston Navy Yard3 May 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-114Naval Station, New Orleans28 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Based at Pensacola.[10]
USS SC-115Naval Station, New Orleans3 May 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-116Norfolk Navy Yard14 November 1917Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-117Norfolk Navy YardNovember 1917Destroyed in fire 22 December 1917.[7][2]
USS SC-118Norfolk Navy Yard26 November 1917Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-119Norfolk Navy Yard19 November 1917Sold 20 December 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-120Norfolk Navy Yard4 October 1917Sold 20 July 1921[7][2]Served in Atlantic Fleet.[11]
USS SC-121Norfolk Navy Yard16 October 1917Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-122Norfolk Navy Yard21 October 1917Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Used as fishing vessel after sale. Renamed Effort III in 1927 and Belboy III in 1949. Scrapped 1957.[12]
USS SC-123Norfolk Navy Yard5 November 1917Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Served off East coast of United States during war.[13]
USS SC-124Norfolk Navy Yard11 December 1917Sold 11 May 1921.[7][2]Based at Corfu during war.[4] Served in Mediterranean post-war.[14]
USS SC-125Norfolk Navy Yard27 December 1917Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Served in Azores.[15]
USS SC-126Norfolk Navy Yard14 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-127Norfolk Navy Yard15 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Served in Mediterranean.[16]
Used as ferry/mail boat between 1924 and 1957.[17]
USS SC-128Norfolk Navy Yard18 January 1918Sold in Italy June 1919.[7][2]Served on Otranto Barrage.[18]
USS SC-129Norfolk Navy Yard17 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Served on Otranto Barrage.[19]
USS SC-130Norfolk Navy Yard21 December 1917Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-131Norfolk Navy Yard19 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Served on Otranto Barrage.[20]
USS SC-132Norfolk Navy Yard2 February 1918Sunk in collision 5 June 1918.[7][2]
USS SC-133Norfolk Navy Yard13 March 1918Sold 20 July 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-134Norfolk Navy Yard13 March 1918Sold 20 July 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-135Norfolk Navy Yard13 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-136Norfolk Navy Yard19 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-137Hodgdon Brothers
East Boothbay, Maine		14 December 1917Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-138Hodgdon Brothers
East Boothbay, Maine		24 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Served on US East coast during war.[21]
USS SC-139Hodgdon Brothers
East Boothbay, Maine		--Cancelled[7][2]
USS SC-140Hartman-Greiling
Green Bay, Wisconsin		5 October 1918To France as C-43.[7]Destroyed by fire at Dunkirk 2 June 1918.[22]
USS SC-141Hartman-Greiling
Green Bay, Wisconsin		22 December 1917Sunk in collision with USS SC-171[7]Planned to be transferred to France[7]
USS SC-142Rocky River Dry Dock
Rocky River, Ohio		30 March 1918To France as C-34[7][2]
USS SC-143Rocky River Dry Dock
Rocky River, Ohio		10 November 1917Sold 9 September 1936.[7][2]Based at Plymouth, England during World War I[23]
USS SC-144Vinyard Shipbuilding
Milford, Delaware		30 March 1918Sold to state of Florida 3 February 1923.[7][2]Based at Philadelphia during war.[24]
USS SC-145Vinyard Shipbuilding
Milford, Delaware		13 March 1918Sold 7 July 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-146Vinyard Shipbuilding
Milford, Delaware		30 March 1918To France as C-35.[7]
USS SC-147L E Fry
Clayton, New York		13 December 1917Sold 25 February 1922.[7][2]Served in Otranto Barrage.[25]
USS SC-148L E Fry
Clayton, New York		10 December 1917Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]Based at Plymouth, England during World War I[26]
USS SC-149Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works
Dubuque, Iowa		15 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]
USS SC-150Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works
Dubuque, Iowa		2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2]

See also

References
  1. Friedman 1987, p. 469
  2. "SC-101 - SC-201". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. "Hull Number: SC 101". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. Nutting 1920, p. 178
  5. Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-180: ex-SC-101". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-102". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  7. Friedman 1987, p. 470
  8. "Hull Number: SC 110". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. "Hull Number: SC 112". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  10. "Hull Number: SC 114". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  11. "Hull Number: SC 120". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  12. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-122". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  13. "Hull Number: SC 123". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  14. "Hull Number: SC 124". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  15. "Hull Number: SC 125". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  16. "Hull Number: SC 127". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  17. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-127". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  18. "Hull Number: SC 128". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  19. "Hull Number: SC 129". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  20. "Hull Number: SC 131". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  21. "Hull Number: SC 138". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  22. Couhat 1974, p. 230
  23. "Hull Number: SC 143". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  24. "Hull Number: SC 144". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  25. "Hull Number: SC 147". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  26. "Hull Number: SC 148". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
  • 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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