List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-201 to SC-250)

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 fifth group of 50 ships of the class.

Ships
NumberBuilderCommissionedFateNotes
USS SC-201General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		23 April 1918Sold 6 June 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-202General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		23 April 1918Sold 24 June 1921[1][2]
USS SC-203General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		25 April 1918To US Coast Guard 21 November 1919 as USCGC Larsen.[2][3]Decommissioned 1 January 1923, sold 11 January 1923.[3]
USS SC-204General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		25 April 1918Sold 27 July 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-205General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		25 April 1918Sold 3 September 1920[2]
USS SC-206General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		25 April 1918Sold 1 June 1921.[1][2]Based at Plymouth, England[4] and Queenstown, Ireland during World War I.[5]
USS SC-207General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		26 April 1918Sold 21 April 1921.[1][2]Based at Plymouth, England during war[4] and took part in post war minesweeping operations in North Sea.[6]
USS SC-208General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		15 May 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Based at Plymouth, England during war[4] and took part in post war minesweeping operations in North Sea.[7]
USS SC-209Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		March 1918Sunk 27 August 1918.[1][2]Sunk by gunfire by the cargo ship Felix Taussig, south of Long Island after Felix Taussig mistook her for an enemy submarine. Eighteen members of SC-209′s died.[8][9]
USS SC-210Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		18 March 1918Sold 23 April 1930.[1][2]Served at Gibraltar during war.[4]
USS SC-211Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		28 November 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Served in Azores during war.[4]
USS SC-212Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		15 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Served at Gibraltar during war.[4]
USS SC-213Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		18 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Served in Azores during war.[4]
USS SC-214Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		1 December 1917Sold 21 February 1927.[1][2]Served at Gibraltar during war.[4]
USS SC-215Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		24 December 1917Sold 28 June 1919[1][2]Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-216Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		14 February 1918Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2]Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-217Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		19 February 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-218Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		9 February 1918Sold 21 July 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-219Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		19 February 1918Destroyed in fire 9 October 1918.[1][2]
USS SC-220Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		13 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Based at Plymouth, England during war.[4]
USS SC-221Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		13 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Based at Plymouth, England during war.[4]
USS SC-222Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		13 March 1918Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2]Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war.[4][10]
USS SC-223New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		5 December 1917Sold 18 March 1936.[1][2]Served at Gibraltar during war.[4] Used for survey duties around Cuba during 1920s.[11]
USS SC-224New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		27 October 1917Sold 8 September 1936.[1][2]Based at Brest, France and Plymouth, England during war.[4][12]
USS SC-225New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		10 December 1917Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]Based at Corfu and served on Otranto patrol.[4][13]
USS SC-226New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		24 December 1917Sold 20 July 1921.[1][2]Based at Bordeaux during war.[4]
Used as fishing boat with name By Gar.[14]
USS SC-227New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		24 December 1917Sold 14 October 1924.[1][2]Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-228New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		23 January 1918Sold 20 July 1921.[1][2]Served at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and on minesweeping duties in North Sea after war.[15]
USS SC-229New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		23 January 1918To US Coast Guard 14 August 1942 as USCGC Boone (WPC-335).[2][16]Decommissioned 6 June 1945. Disposed of 8 March 1946[16]
USS SC-230New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 February 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-231New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 February 1918To US Coast Guard 14 August 1942 as USCGC Blaze (WPC-336).[2][16]Decommissioned 25 September 1944. Disposed of 8 March 1946[16]
USS SC-232New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 February 1918Sold 12 December 1923.[1][2]
USS SC-233New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		21 February 1918To US War Department 2 September 1919[1][2]
USS SC-234New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		21 February 1918To US War Department 2 September 1919[1][2]
USS SC-235New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-236New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-237New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		7 March 1918Sold 18 May 1923.[1][2]
USS SC-238New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		12 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Re-acquired by War Shipping Administration 1943
To US Coast Guard as USCGC Bowstring (WPC-365) 7 July 1943.
Decommissioned 23 December 1944. Disposed of 6 January 1946.[16][17]
USS SC-239New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		19 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-240New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		20 March 1918Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-241New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 April 1918Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-242New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 April 1918Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-243Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		11 January 1917To France as C-17[1][2]
USS SC-244Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		10 December 1917Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2]Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-245Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		7 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18]Served on East coast of US.[19]
USS SC-246Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		7 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18]
USS SC-247Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		20 March 1918Sold 11 May 1921.[2][18]
USS SC-248Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		17 January 1918Sold 28 June 1919.[2][18]Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-249Chance Marine Construction Co.
Annapolis, Maryland		18 May 1918To France as C-47.[2][18]
USS SC-250Chance Marine Construction Co.
Annapolis, Maryland		17 May 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18]

See also

References
  1. Friedman 1987, p. 471
  2. "SC-209 - SC-300". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. Flynn 2014, p. 4
  4. Nutting 1920, p. 178
  5. "Hull Number: SC 206". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. "Hull Number: SC 207". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. "Hull Number: SC 208". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. "Hull Number: SC 209". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. Galiano, Rich. "Sub Chaser SC-209". New Jersey Scuba Diving. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. "Hull Number: SC 222". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-223". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  12. "Hull Number: SC 224". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  13. "Hull Number: SC 225". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  14. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-226". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  15. "Hull Number: SC 128". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  16. Flynn 2014, p. 5
  17. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-238". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  18. Friedman 1987, p. 472
  19. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-245". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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