 An early photograph of USS S.C. 17. She carries her original armament, including a Hotchkiss gun forward and a Davis gun amidships and depth charges at the stern, all of which later would be replaced or modified.
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| History | |
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| Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
| Commissioned | 8 November 1917 |
| Reclassified | SC-17 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) |
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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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USS SC-17, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 17 or USS S.C. 17, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
SC-17 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 8 November 1917 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 17, abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 17.
This section needs expansion with: SC-17's operational history from November 1917 to June 1921. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011)
When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Submarine Chaser No. 17 was classified as SC-17 and her name was shortened to USS SC-17.
On 24 June 1921, the Navy sold SC-17 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
