List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-101 to SC-150)

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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.

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Ships

NumberBuilderCommissionedFateNotes
USS SC-101 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
2 March 1918Sold 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 Elco12 March 1918To 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 Elco7 March 1918Sank 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 Elco12 March 1918Sold 22 December 1922. [1] [2]
USS SC-105 Elco9 November 1917Sold 20 July 1921. [1] [2]
USS SC-106 Charleston Navy Yard 31 December 1917Sold 10 November 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-107 Charleston Navy Yard19 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-108 Charleston Navy Yard12 February 1918Transferred to War Department 18 September 1918. [7] [2]
USS SC-109 Charleston Navy Yard12 February 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-110 Charleston Navy Yard30 March 1918Sold 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 Yard30 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] Based at Plymouth, England during World War I. [4]
USS SC-112 Charleston Navy Yard22 April 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] Based at Key West. [9]
USS SC-113 Charleston Navy Yard3 May 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-114 Naval Station, New Orleans28 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] Based at Pensacola. [10]
USS SC-115 Naval Station, New Orleans3 May 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-116 Norfolk Navy Yard 14 November 1917Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-117 Norfolk Navy YardNovember 1917Destroyed in fire 22 December 1917. [7] [2]
USS SC-118 Norfolk Navy Yard26 November 1917Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-119 Norfolk Navy Yard19 November 1917Sold 20 December 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-120 Norfolk Navy Yard4 October 1917Sold 20 July 1921 [7] [2] Served in Atlantic Fleet. [11]
USS SC-121 Norfolk Navy Yard16 October 1917Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-122 Norfolk Navy Yard21 October 1917Sold 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 Yard5 November 1917Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] Served off East coast of United States during war. [13]
USS SC-124 Norfolk Navy Yard11 December 1917Sold 11 May 1921. [7] [2] Based at Corfu during war. [4] Served in Mediterranean post-war. [14]
USS SC-125 Norfolk Navy Yard27 December 1917Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] Served in Azores. [15]
USS SC-126 Norfolk Navy Yard14 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-127 Norfolk Navy Yard15 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] Served in Mediterranean. [16]
Used as ferry/mail boat between 1924 and 1957. [17]
USS SC-128 Norfolk Navy Yard18 January 1918Sold in Italy June 1919. [7] [2] Served on Otranto Barrage. [18]
USS SC-129 Norfolk Navy Yard17 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] Served on Otranto Barrage. [19]
USS SC-130 Norfolk Navy Yard21 December 1917Sold 11 May 1921. [1] [2]
USS SC-131 Norfolk Navy Yard19 January 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] Served on Otranto Barrage. [20]
USS SC-132 Norfolk Navy Yard2 February 1918Sunk in collision 5 June 1918. [7] [2]
USS SC-133 Norfolk Navy Yard13 March 1918Sold 20 July 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-134 Norfolk Navy Yard13 March 1918Sold 20 July 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-135 Norfolk Navy Yard13 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-136 Norfolk Navy Yard19 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-137 Hodgdon Brothers
East Boothbay, Maine
14 December 1917Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-138 Hodgdon Brothers
East Boothbay, Maine
24 January 1918Sold 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 1918To 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 1917Sunk 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 1918To France as C-34 [7] [2]
USS SC-143 Rocky River Dry Dock
Rocky River, Ohio
10 November 1917Sold 9 September 1936. [7] [2] Based at Plymouth, England during World War I [23]
USS SC-144 Vinyard Shipbuilding
Milford, Delaware
30 March 1918Sold to state of Florida 3 February 1923. [7] [2] Based at Philadelphia during war. [24]
USS SC-145 Vinyard Shipbuilding
Milford, Delaware
13 March 1918Sold 7 July 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-146 Vinyard Shipbuilding
Milford, Delaware
30 March 1918To France as C-35. [7]
USS SC-147 L E Fry
Clayton, New York
13 December 1917Sold 25 February 1922. [7] [2] Served in Otranto Barrage. [25]
USS SC-148 L E Fry
Clayton, New York
10 December 1917Sold 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 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]
USS SC-150 Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works
Dubuque, Iowa
2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2]

See also

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Friedman 1987 , p. 469
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 "SC-101 - SC-201". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. "Hull Number: SC 101". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Nutting 1920 , p. 178
  5. Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-180: ex-SC-101". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-102". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Friedman 1987 , p. 470
  8. "Hull Number: SC 110". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. "Hull Number: SC 112". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  10. "Hull Number: SC 114". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  11. "Hull Number: SC 120". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  12. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-122". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  13. "Hull Number: SC 123". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  14. "Hull Number: SC 124". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  15. "Hull Number: SC 125". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  16. "Hull Number: SC 127". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  17. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-127". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  18. "Hull Number: SC 128". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  19. "Hull Number: SC 129". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  20. "Hull Number: SC 131". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  21. "Hull Number: SC 138". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  22. Couhat 1974 , p. 294
  23. "Hull Number: SC 143". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  24. "Hull Number: SC 144". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  25. "Hull Number: SC 147". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  26. "Hull Number: SC 148". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

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