USS SC-44
![]() Submarine chasers S.C. 44 (left), S.C. 40 (center), and S.C. 164, probably at Base 18, Inverness, Scotland. | |
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Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
Commissioned | 3 April 1918 |
Reclassified | SC-44 on 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Sold 24 June 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | SC-1-class submarine chaser |
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Length |
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Beam | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion | Three 220 bhp (160 kW) Standard Motor Construction Company six-cylinder gasoline engines, three shafts, 2,400 US gallons (9,100 L) of gasoline; one Standard Motor Construction Company two-cylinder gasoline-powered auxiliary engine |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Range | 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Complement | 27 (2 officers, 25 enlisted men) |
Sensors and processing systems | One Submarine Signal Company S.C. C Tube, M.B. Tube, or K Tube hydrophone |
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/USS_SC-43_and_USS_SC-44_under_construction.jpg/300px-USS_SC-43_and_USS_SC-44_under_construction.jpg)
The submarine chasers S.C. 43 (left) and S.C. 44 (right) under construction at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, on 4 February 1918.
USS SC-44, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 44 or USS S.C. 44, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
SC-44 was a wooden-hulled 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser built at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York. She was commissioned on 3 April 1918 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 44, abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 44.
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When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Submarine Chaser No. 44 was classified as SC-44 and her name was shortened to USS SC-44.
On 24 June 1921, the Navy sold SC-44 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
References
[edit]This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-44
- The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great War Hull number: SC-44
- Woofenden, Todd A. Hunters of the Steel Sharks: The Submarine Chasers of World War I. Bowdoinham, Maine: Signal Light Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9789192-0-7.