List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-251 to SC-300)
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 sixth group of 50 ships of the class.
Ships
| Number | Builder | Commissioned | Fate | Notes |
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| USS SC-251 | Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co. Camden, Maine | 29 December 1917 | Sold 19 May 1923.[1][2] | Based at Azores during war.[3] |
| USS SC-252 | Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co. Camden, Maine | 7 March 1918 | Sold 8 September 1936[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] |
| USS SC-253 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 7 March 1918 | Sold 9 December 1922.[1][2] | Based at Gibraltar during war[3] |
| USS SC-254 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 15 November 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown (now Cobh) during war, and took part in clearing of North Sea Mine Barrage post war.[4] |
| USS SC-255 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 19 November 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Based at Corfu during war.[3] |
| USS SC-256 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 19 November 1917 | Destroyed by fire 1 November 1919.[1][2] | Based at Corfu during war.[3] |
| USS SC-257 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 28 November 1917 | Sold 25 February 1922.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] |
| USS SC-258 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 28 November 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] Named Liberty II in civilian ownership. Re-acquired by War Shipping Administration 19 November 1942 To US Coast Guard as USCGC Belleville (WPC-372) 20 March 1943, decommissioned 30 June 1945. Disposed via War Shipping Administration 2 May 1946.[5] |
| USS SC-259 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 15 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] |
| USS SC-260 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 12 January 1918 | Sold 14 October 1924.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-261 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 9 February 1918 | Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-262 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 9 February 1918 | Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] |
| USS SC-263 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 9 February 1918 | Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-264 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 9 February 1918 | Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2] | Deployed to Azores during war.[3] |
| USS SC-265 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 9 February 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-266 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 1 April 1918 | Sold 25 January 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-267 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 5 April 1918 | To War Department 18 September 1919.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-268 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 1 April 1918 | To US Coast Guard 17 January 1919 as USCGC Adams.[1][2][7] | Used by USCG Academy. Sold 25 May 1922.[7] |
| USS SC-269 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 1 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-270 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 1 April 1918 | Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2] | Based at Gibraltar during war[3] |
| USS SC-271 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 1 April 1918 | Sold 18 June 1934.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] |
| USS SC-272 | George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston | 7 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] |
| USS SC-273 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 26 March 1918 | Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-274 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 30 March 1918 | To Cuba 5 November 1918 as No. 1.[1][2][9] | Still in use for coastguard duties in 1931.[9] |
| USS SC-275 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 30 March 1918 | To War Department 9 December 1919[1][2] | |
| USS SC-276 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 9 April 1918 | To War Department 9 December 1919[1][2] | |
| USS SC-277 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 9 April 1918 | Sold 25 September 1922[1][2] | Based at Azores during war.[3] |
| USS SC-278 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 30 March 1918 | Sold 25 September 1922[1][2] | Based at Azores during war.[3] |
| USS SC-279 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 18 April 1918 | To War Department 2 October 1919[1][2] | Sold 1922 and named Ekwood and later Stranger Re-acquired by US Navy in November 1942 as YP-594, used by West Coast Sound Training School, San Diego Out of service December 1944. Sold via War Shipping Organization November 1945. Civilian Stranger - lost 17 July 1948.[10] |
| USS SC-280 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 18 April 1918 | To War Department 6 October 1919[1][2] | |
| USS SC-281 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 18 April 1918 | To War Department 6 October 1919[1][2] | |
| USS SC-282 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 22 April 1918 | Lost at sea 11 June 1920.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-283 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 22 April 1918 | Sold 13 March 1922[1][2] | |
| USS SC-284 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 22 April 1918 | Sold 24 March 1923[1][2] | |
| USS SC-285 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 22 April 1918 | Sold 25 March 1927[1][2] | |
| USS SC-286 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 6 May 1918 | Sold 13 March 1922[1][2] | |
| USS SC-287 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California | 6 May 1918 | Sold 25 February 1924.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-288 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 19 June 1918 | Sold 13 March 1922.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-289 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 19 June 1918 | Sold 13 January 1921.[1] | |
| USS SC-290 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 19 June 1918 | Sold 9 May 1921[1][2] | |
| USS SC-291 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 27 March 1918 | Sold 3 September 1920[1][2] | Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11] |
| USS SC-292 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 27 March 1918 | Sold 3 May 1921[1][2] | Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11] |
| USS SC-293 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 13 March 1918 | Sold 6 February 1922[1][2] | Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11] To Canada in civilian service. Named Etta Mac in 1931, Grant Lindsay in 1953 and Debbie Kathleen K. in 1965. Destroyed by fire 1 July 1967.[12] |
| USS SC-294 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 25 March 1918 | Sold 13 March 1922.[1][2] | Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11] Yacht Tenino 1922, renamed Pandora 1927. Freighter Monterey, 1940 Acquired US Navy as YP-401 and transferred to Coast Guard 22 January 1944. Returned to Navy 24 October 1945 Civil Monterey, 1946. Yacht 1949 and fishing boat 1953. Still extant 1970.[13] |
| USS SC-295 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 13 April 1918 | Sold 10 April 1922.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-296 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 13 April 1918 | Sold 3 September 1920.[1][2] | Named Conquista 1920[14] |
| USS SC-297 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 13 April 1918 | Sold 25 September 1920.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-298 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 13 April 1918 | Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-299 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 25 April 1918 | Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-300 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington | 25 April 1918 | Sold 22 June 1921.[1][2] |
See also
References
- "SC-209 - SC-300". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- Friedman 1987, p. 472
- Nutting 1920, p. 178
- "Hull Number: SC 2543". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- Flynn 2014, p. 5
- Flynn 2014, p. 4
- Parkes 1931, p. 137
- Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-594 ex-U.S. Army Artillery Steamer V-8 ex-USS SC-279". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- Koppel, Motor Boating February 1919, p. 14
- Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-293". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-401 ex-SC-294". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-296". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- Flynn, Jim (2014). "U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft: Major Classes - 100-feet to 150 feet in length: 1915 to 2012" (PDF). US Coast Guard. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- 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.
- Koppel, Harwood. "Motor Boats Rescue Thousands of Soldiers". Motor Boating. Vol. 23 no. February 1919. New York. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- Parkes, Oscar, ed. (1973) [First published 1931 by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd: London]. Jane's Fighting Ships 1931 (reprint ed.). David & Charles (Publishers) Limited. ISBN 0-7153-5849-9.
- Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.
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