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
[edit]Number | Builder | Commissioned | Fate | Notes |
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USS SC-101 | Elco Bayonne, New Jersey | 2 March 1918 | Sold 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-102 | Elco | 12 March 1918 | To 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-103 | Elco | 7 March 1918 | Sank 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-104 | Elco | 12 March 1918 | Sold 22 December 1922.[1][2] | |
USS SC-105 | Elco | 9 November 1917 | Sold 20 July 1921.[1][2] | |
USS SC-106 | Charleston Navy Yard | 31 December 1917 | Sold 10 November 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-107 | Charleston Navy Yard | 19 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-108 | Charleston Navy Yard | 12 February 1918 | Transferred to War Department 18 September 1918.[7][2] | |
USS SC-109 | Charleston Navy Yard | 12 February 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-110 | Charleston Navy Yard | 30 March 1918 | Sold 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-111 | Charleston Navy Yard | 30 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during World War I.[4] |
USS SC-112 | Charleston Navy Yard | 22 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Based at Key West.[9] |
USS SC-113 | Charleston Navy Yard | 3 May 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-114 | Naval Station, New Orleans | 28 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Based at Pensacola.[10] |
USS SC-115 | Naval Station, New Orleans | 3 May 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-116 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 14 November 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-117 | Norfolk Navy Yard | November 1917 | Destroyed in fire 22 December 1917.[7][2] | |
USS SC-118 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 26 November 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-119 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 19 November 1917 | Sold 20 December 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-120 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 4 October 1917 | Sold 20 July 1921[7][2] | Served in Atlantic Fleet.[11] |
USS SC-121 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 16 October 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-122 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 21 October 1917 | Sold 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-123 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 5 November 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Served off East coast of United States during war.[13] |
USS SC-124 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 11 December 1917 | Sold 11 May 1921.[7][2] | Based at Corfu during war.[4] Served in Mediterranean post-war.[14] |
USS SC-125 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 27 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Served in Azores.[15] |
USS SC-126 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 14 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-127 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 15 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Served in Mediterranean.[16] Used as ferry/mail boat between 1924 and 1957.[17] |
USS SC-128 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 18 January 1918 | Sold in Italy June 1919.[7][2] | Served on Otranto Barrage.[18] |
USS SC-129 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 17 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Served on Otranto Barrage.[19] |
USS SC-130 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 21 December 1917 | Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2] | |
USS SC-131 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 19 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Served on Otranto Barrage.[20] |
USS SC-132 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 2 February 1918 | Sunk in collision 5 June 1918.[7][2] | |
USS SC-133 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 13 March 1918 | Sold 20 July 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-134 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 13 March 1918 | Sold 20 July 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-135 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 13 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-136 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 19 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-137 | Hodgdon Brothers East Boothbay, Maine | 14 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-138 | Hodgdon Brothers East Boothbay, Maine | 24 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Served on US East coast during war.[21] |
USS SC-139 | Hodgdon Brothers East Boothbay, Maine | - | - | Cancelled[7][2] |
USS SC-140 | Hartman-Greiling Green Bay, Wisconsin | 5 October 1918 | To France as C-43.[7] | Sunk in collision with the destroyer Fronde, 3 July 1918.[22] |
USS SC-141 | Hartman-Greiling Green Bay, Wisconsin | 22 December 1917 | Sunk in collision with USS SC-171[7] | Planned to be transferred to France[7] |
USS SC-142 | Rocky River Dry Dock Rocky River, Ohio | 30 March 1918 | To France as C-34[7][2] | |
USS SC-143 | Rocky River Dry Dock Rocky River, Ohio | 10 November 1917 | Sold 9 September 1936.[7][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during World War I[23] |
USS SC-144 | Vinyard Shipbuilding Milford, Delaware | 30 March 1918 | Sold to state of Florida 3 February 1923.[7][2] | Based at Philadelphia during war.[24] |
USS SC-145 | Vinyard Shipbuilding Milford, Delaware | 13 March 1918 | Sold 7 July 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-146 | Vinyard Shipbuilding Milford, Delaware | 30 March 1918 | To France as C-35.[7] | |
USS SC-147 | L E Fry Clayton, New York | 13 December 1917 | Sold 25 February 1922.[7][2] | Served in Otranto Barrage.[25] |
USS SC-148 | L E Fry Clayton, New York | 10 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during World War I[26] |
USS SC-149 | Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works Dubuque, Iowa | 15 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] | |
USS SC-150 | Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works Dubuque, Iowa | 2 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[7][2] |
See also
[edit]- List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-1 to SC-50)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-51 to SC-100)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-151 to SC-200)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-201 to SC-250)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-251 to SC-300)
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Friedman 1987, p. 469
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av "SC-101 - SC-201". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 101". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d Nutting 1920, p. 178
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-180: ex-SC-101". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-102". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Friedman 1987, p. 470
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 110". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 112". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 114". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 120". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-122". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 123". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 124". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 125". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 127". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-127". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 128". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 129". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 131". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 138". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ Couhat 1974, p. 294
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 143". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 144". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 147". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 148". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
References
[edit]- 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.