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DeutschList 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
[edit]| Number | Builder | Commissioned | Fate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS SC-201 | General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 23 April 1918 | Sold 6 June 1922.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-202 | General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 23 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921[1][2] | |
| USS SC-203 | General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 25 April 1918 | To US Coast Guard 21 November 1919 as USCGC Larsen.[2][3] | Decommissioned 1 January 1923, sold 11 January 1923.[3] |
| USS SC-204 | General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 25 April 1918 | Sold 27 July 1922.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-205 | General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 25 April 1918 | Sold 3 September 1920[2] | |
| USS SC-206 | General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 25 April 1918 | Sold 1 June 1921.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England[4] and Queenstown, Ireland during World War I.[5] |
| USS SC-207 | General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 26 April 1918 | Sold 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-208 | General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia | 15 May 1918 | Sold 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-209 | Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey | March 1918 | Sunk 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 crew died.[8][9] |
| USS SC-210 | Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey | 18 March 1918 | Sold 23 April 1930.[1][2] | Served at Gibraltar during war.[4] |
| USS SC-211 | Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey | 28 November 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Served in Azores during war.[4] |
| USS SC-212 | Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey | 15 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Served at Gibraltar during war.[4] |
| USS SC-213 | Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey | 18 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Served in Azores during war.[4] |
| USS SC-214 | Alex McDonald Mariners Harbor, Staten Island | 1 December 1917 | Sold 21 February 1927.[1][2] | Served at Gibraltar during war.[4] |
| USS SC-215 | Alex McDonald Mariners Harbor, Staten Island | 24 December 1917 | Sold 28 June 1919[1][2] | Based at Corfu during war.[4] |
| USS SC-216 | Alex McDonald Mariners Harbor, Staten Island | 14 February 1918 | Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2] | Based at Corfu during war.[4] |
| USS SC-217 | Alex McDonald Mariners Harbor, Staten Island | 19 February 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Based at Corfu during war.[4] |
| USS SC-218 | Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia | 9 February 1918 | Sold 21 July 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-219 | Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia | 19 February 1918 | Destroyed in fire 9 October 1918.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-220 | Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia | 13 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during war.[4] |
| USS SC-221 | Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia | 13 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England during war.[4] |
| USS SC-222 | Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia | 13 March 1918 | Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2] | Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war.[4][10] |
| USS SC-223 | New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company Morris Heights, Bronx | 5 December 1917 | Sold 18 March 1936.[1][2] | Served at Gibraltar during war.[4] Used for survey duties around Cuba during 1920s.[11] |
| USS SC-224 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 27 October 1917 | Sold 8 September 1936.[1][2] | Based at Brest, France and Plymouth, England during war.[4][12] |
| USS SC-225 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 10 December 1917 | Sold 11 May 1921[1][2] | Based at Corfu and served on Otranto patrol.[4][13] |
| USS SC-226 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 24 December 1917 | Sold 20 July 1921.[1][2] | Based at Bordeaux during war.[4] Used as fishing boat with name By Gar.[14] |
| USS SC-227 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 24 December 1917 | Sold 14 October 1924.[1][2] | Based at Corfu during war.[4] |
| USS SC-228 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 23 January 1918 | Sold 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-229 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 23 January 1918 | To 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-230 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 8 February 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-231 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 8 February 1918 | To 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-232 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 8 February 1918 | Sold 12 December 1923.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-233 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 21 February 1918 | To US War Department 2 September 1919[1][2] | |
| USS SC-234 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 21 February 1918 | To US War Department 2 September 1919[1][2] | |
| USS SC-235 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 2 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-236 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 2 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-237 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 7 March 1918 | Sold 18 May 1923.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-238 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 12 March 1918 | Sold 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-239 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 19 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] | |
| USS SC-240 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 20 March 1918 | Sold 11 May 1921[1][2] | |
| USS SC-241 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 8 April 1918 | Sold 11 May 1921[1][2] | |
| USS SC-242 | New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx | 8 April 1918 | Sold 11 May 1921[1][2] | |
| USS SC-243 | Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York | 11 January 1917 | To France as C-17[1][2] | |
| USS SC-244 | Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York | 10 December 1917 | Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2] | Based at Corfu during war.[4] |
| USS SC-245 | Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York | 7 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18] | Served on East coast of US.[19] |
| USS SC-246 | Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York | 7 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18] | |
| USS SC-247 | Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York | 20 March 1918 | Sold 11 May 1921.[2][18] | |
| USS SC-248 | Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York | 17 January 1918 | Sold 28 June 1919.[2][18] | Based at Corfu during war.[4] |
| USS SC-249 | Chance Marine Construction Co. Annapolis, Maryland | 18 May 1918 | To France as C-47.[2][18] | |
| USS SC-250 | Chance Marine Construction Co. Annapolis, Maryland | 17 May 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18] |
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-101 to SC-150)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-151 to SC-200)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-251 to SC-300)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-301 to SC-350)
- List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-351 to SC-400)
Citations
[edit]- ^ 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 Friedman 1987, p. 471
- ^ 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 aw ax "SC-209 - SC-300". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ a b Flynn 2014, p. 4
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Nutting 1920, p. 178
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 206". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 207". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 208". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 209". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ Galiano, Rich. "Sub Chaser SC-209". New Jersey Scuba Diving. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 222". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 224". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 225". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Hull Number: SC 128". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Flynn 2014, p. 5
- ^ a b c d e f Friedman 1987, p. 472
References
[edit]- 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.
- Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.
