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 seventh group of 50 ships of the class.

Ships

Number Builder Commissioned Fate Notes
USS SC-301 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 29 April 1917 Sold 10 April 1922[1][2] Based at Azores during war.[3]
Fishing boat Silver Screen 1927[4]
USS SC-302 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 11 January 1918 Sold to Cuban Navy 9 November 1918 as No. 2[1][2][5] Used for coastguard duties 1931.[5]
Scrapped 1950s[6]
USS SC-303 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 4 May 1918 Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2] Operated off Mexican coast during war.[7]
USS SC-304 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 4 May 1918 Sold 8 April 1922.[1][2] Operated off Mexican coast during war.[8]
USS SC-305 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 11 May 1918 Sold 10 April 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-306 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 27 February 1918 Sold to Department of Justice 17 December 1930.[1][2] Named McDowell in DoJ service and operated at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary[9]
USS SC-307 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 11 May 1918 To Department of War 26 June 1920.[1][2]
USS SC-308 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 23 February 1918 Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2] To Canada 1930 and named Hurry Home
Renamed Marauder in 1938.
To Royal Canadian Navy 1939, commissioned into Fisherman's Reserve as HMCS Marauder with pennant number FY03
Sold 1949
Foundered 18 December 1951 off British Columbia[10]
USS SC-309 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 18 May 1918 Sold 20 January 1921.[1][2] Based in Alaska during war[11]
1920 yacht Reindeer
To Canada 1925 and renamed Coreseus
Renamed Evelina M 1938
Renamed Xanadu 1946
Renamed Araucano 1975
Renamed Duchess of Bremerton 1991
Scrapped 2001[12]
USS SC-310 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 18 May 1918 Sold 4 February 1922.[1][2] Based in Alaska during war[13]
To Canada 1922,
Renamed Trucilla 1923
Still extant 1959[14]
USS SC-311 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 18 May 1918 Sold to Cuban Navy 5 November 1918 as No. 3[1][2][5] Used for coastguard duties 1931.[5]
Scrapped 1950s[15]
USS SC-312 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington		 18 May 1918 Sold to Cuban Navy 5 November 1918 as No. 4[1][2][5] Used for coastguard duties 1931.[5]
Scrapped 1950s[16]
USS SC-313 Robert Jacob
City Island, Bronx		 5 October 1918 To France as C-45.[1][2]
USS SC-314 Robert Jacob
City Island, Bronx		 22 December 1917 To France as C-27.[1][2]
USS SC-315 Robert Jacob
City Island, Bronx		 11 January 1917 To France as C-19.[1][2]
USS SC-316 Robert Jacob
City Island, Bronx		 11 January 1917 To France as C-20.[1][2]
USS SC-317 Robert Jacob
City Island, Bronx		 11 January 1917 To France as C-21.[1][2]
USS SC-318 Luders Marine Construction Company
Stamford, Connecticut		 22 December 1917 To France as C-28.[1][2]
USS SC-319 Luders Marine Construction Company
Stamford, Connecticut		 22 December 1917 To France[1][2] Disappeared at sea during delivery to France 18 January 1918.[2]
USS SC-320 Luders Marine Construction Company
Stamford, Connecticut		 1 December 1917 Sold 7 July 1927.[1][17] Operated in Gulf of Mexico during war[18]
USS SC-321 Luders Marine Construction Company
Stamford, Connecticut		 8 January 1918 Sold 18 February 1920.[1][17] Based at Plymouth, England[19] and Harwich during war.[3]
USS SC-322 Luders Marine Construction Company
Stamford, Connecticut		 7 March 1918 Sold 8 March 1922[1][17] Based at Plymouth, England[20] and Brest, France during war[3]
USS SC-323 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		 5 December 1917 Sold 11 May 1922.[1][17] Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland during war[21]
Yacht 323 from 1921, freight boat from 1935[22]
USS SC-324 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		 13 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921[1][17] Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][23]
USS SC-325 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		 13 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921[1][17] Based at Plymouth, England during war/[3]
USS SC-326 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		 14 November 1917 Sold 8 November 1935[1][17] Fishing boat North Sea in 1948[24]
USS SC-327 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		 10 December 1917 To Italy June 1919[1][17] Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][25]
USS SC-328 Great Lakes Boat Building
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		 20 October 1917 Sold 8 November 1935[1][17] Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919, based at Kirkwall.[26]
Fishing boat Sea Roamer 1937
Renamed Katherine & Mary 1948
Foundered off New Jersey coast 28 May 1955[27]
USS SC-329 Great Lakes Boat Building
Milwaukee, Wisconsin		 20 October 1917 Sold 25 September 1922[1][17] Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919[28]
Yacht Siwash III in 1923.[29]
USS SC-330 Burger Boat Company
Manitowoc, Wisconsin		 8 February 1918 To War Shipping Administration for disposal 8 October 1946[1][17] Based at Gibraltar during war[3]
Assigned Hull number PC-330 in 1920 and used as Naval Reserve training vessel in US Midwest
Redesignated SC-330 April 1943[30]
USS SC-331 Smith & Williams
Salisbury, Maryland		 13 March 1918 Sold 29 April 1921[1][17] Based at Gibraltar during war[3]
USS SC-332 Smith & Williams
Salisbury, Maryland		 13 March 1918 Sold 29 January 1924[1][17] Based at Gibraltar postwar[3][31]
USS SC-333 Barret Shipbuilding
Mobile, Alabama		 26 January 1918 To US Coast Guard 4 February 1920 as USCGC Deering[1][17][32] Sold by Coast Guard 2 October 1922
Freighter Houtex 1931
Registered as tug 1935[33]
USS SC-334 Barret Shipbuilding
Mobile, Alabama		 4 March 1918 To US Coast Guard 4 February 1920 as USCGC Talley[1][17][32] Sold by Coast Guard 2 October 1922
Pilot boat Houston Pilot No. 2 1927
Still extant 1935[34]
USS SC-335 Barret Shipbuilding
Mobile, Alabama		 To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Cygan[1][17][32] Served with Coast Guard at Key West, San Francisco, and Alaska
Decommissioned 20 May 1936[35][32]
USS SC-336 Barret Shipbuilding
Mobile, Alabama		 6 May 1918 Sold 30 October 1920 to City of New Orleans[1][17]
USS SC-337 L. E. Fry & Co
Clayton, New York		 24 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][17] Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][36]
USS SC-338 L. E. Fry & Co
Clayton, New York		 24 December 1917 Sold 19 September 1922.[1][17] Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][37]
USS SC-339 American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York		 16 February 1918 Lost 19 September 1919[1][17] Grounded at Key West during 1919 Florida Keys hurricane
Machinery and fittings salvaged, remains sold for scrap 25 January 1921[38]
USS SC-340 American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York		 16 February 1918 Lost 6 October 1923[1][17] Based in Azores during war.[3]
Destroyed by fire off Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands[1]
USS SC-341 American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York		 22 March 1918 Sold 5 April 1927[1][17] Based in Azores during war.[3]
USS SC-342 American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York		 15 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921[1][17] Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war
Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919[39]
USS SC-343 American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York		 15 March 1918 Lost 15 May 1919 [1][17] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
Destroyed by fire at Ireland Island, Bermuda[40]
USS SC-344 American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York		 23 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921.[1][17] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-345 American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York		 25 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921.[1][17] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-346 American Car and Foundry
Clayton, New York		 25 March 1918 Sold 28 April 1920.[1][17] Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war[41]
USS SC-347 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		 11 January 1917 To France as C-18[1][17]
USS SC-348 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		 11 January 1917 To France as C-12[1][17]
USS SC-349 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		 14 November 1917 Sold 26 May 1921.[1][17] Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.[3][42] Fishing boat Sonia 1927[43]
USS SC-350 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		 30 March 1918 To France as C-30[1][17]

See also

Citations

  1. ^ 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 ay "SC-301 - SC-400". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Friedman 1987, p. 472
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Nutting 1920, p. 178
  4. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-301". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Parkes 1931, p. 137
  6. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-302". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Hull Number: SC 303". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Hull Number: SC 304". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-306". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "HMCS Marauder (FY 03), ex SC-308". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Hull Number: SC 309". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-309". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Hull Number: SC 310". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  14. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-310". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  15. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-311". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  16. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-312". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  17. ^ 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 Friedman 1987, p. 473
  18. ^ "Hull Number: SC 320". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Hull Number: SC 321". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Hull Number: SC 322". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Hull Number: SC 323". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  22. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-323". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Hull Number: SC 324". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  24. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-326". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Hull Number: SC 327". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  26. ^ "Hull Number: SC 328". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  27. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-328". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  28. ^ "Hull Number: SC 329". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  29. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-329". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  30. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-330, ex-PC-330". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  31. ^ "Hull Number: SC 332". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  32. ^ a b c d Flynn 2014, p. 4
  33. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Deering (CGSC 333), ex-USS SC-333". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  34. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Talley (CGSC 334), ex-USS SC-334". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  35. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Cygan (CGSC 335), ex-USS SC-335". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  36. ^ "Hull Number: SC 337". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  37. ^ "Hull Number: SC 338". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  38. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-339". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  39. ^ "Hull Number: SC 342". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  40. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-343". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  41. ^ "Hull Number: SC 346". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  42. ^ "Hull Number: SC 349". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  43. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-349". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

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