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.
Number | Builder | Commissioned | Fate | Notes |
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USS SC-101 | Elco Bayonne, New Jersey | 2 March 1918 | Sold 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 | Elco | 12 March 1918 | To 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 | Elco | 7 March 1918 | Sank 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 | Elco | 12 March 1918 | Sold 22 December 1922. [1] [2] | |
USS SC-105 | Elco | 9 November 1917 | Sold 20 July 1921. [1] [2] | |
USS SC-106 | Charleston Navy Yard | 31 December 1917 | Sold 10 November 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-107 | Charleston Navy Yard | 19 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-108 | Charleston Navy Yard | 12 February 1918 | Transferred to War Department 18 September 1918. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-109 | Charleston Navy Yard | 12 February 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-110 | Charleston Navy Yard | 30 March 1918 | Sold 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 Yard | 30 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | Based at Plymouth, England during World War I. [4] |
USS SC-112 | Charleston Navy Yard | 22 April 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | Based at Key West. [9] |
USS SC-113 | Charleston Navy Yard | 3 May 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-114 | Naval Station, New Orleans | 28 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | Based at Pensacola. [10] |
USS SC-115 | Naval Station, New Orleans | 3 May 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-116 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 14 November 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-117 | Norfolk Navy Yard | November 1917 | Destroyed in fire 22 December 1917. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-118 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 26 November 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-119 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 19 November 1917 | Sold 20 December 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-120 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 4 October 1917 | Sold 20 July 1921 [7] [2] | Served in Atlantic Fleet. [11] |
USS SC-121 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 16 October 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-122 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 21 October 1917 | Sold 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 Yard | 5 November 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | Served off East coast of United States during war. [13] |
USS SC-124 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 11 December 1917 | Sold 11 May 1921. [7] [2] | Based at Corfu during war. [4] Served in Mediterranean post-war. [14] |
USS SC-125 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 27 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | Served in Azores. [15] |
USS SC-126 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 14 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-127 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 15 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | Served in Mediterranean. [16] Used as ferry/mail boat between 1924 and 1957. [17] |
USS SC-128 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 18 January 1918 | Sold in Italy June 1919. [7] [2] | Served on Otranto Barrage. [18] |
USS SC-129 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 17 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | Served on Otranto Barrage. [19] |
USS SC-130 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 21 December 1917 | Sold 11 May 1921. [1] [2] | |
USS SC-131 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 19 January 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | Served on Otranto Barrage. [20] |
USS SC-132 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 2 February 1918 | Sunk in collision 5 June 1918. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-133 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 13 March 1918 | Sold 20 July 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-134 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 13 March 1918 | Sold 20 July 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-135 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 13 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-136 | Norfolk Navy Yard | 19 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-137 | Hodgdon Brothers East Boothbay, Maine | 14 December 1917 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-138 | Hodgdon Brothers East Boothbay, Maine | 24 January 1918 | Sold 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 1918 | To 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 1917 | Sunk 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 1918 | To France as C-34 [7] [2] | |
USS SC-143 | Rocky River Dry Dock Rocky River, Ohio | 10 November 1917 | Sold 9 September 1936. [7] [2] | Based at Plymouth, England during World War I [23] |
USS SC-144 | Vinyard Shipbuilding Milford, Delaware | 30 March 1918 | Sold to state of Florida 3 February 1923. [7] [2] | Based at Philadelphia during war. [24] |
USS SC-145 | Vinyard Shipbuilding Milford, Delaware | 13 March 1918 | Sold 7 July 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-146 | Vinyard Shipbuilding Milford, Delaware | 30 March 1918 | To France as C-35. [7] | |
USS SC-147 | L E Fry Clayton, New York | 13 December 1917 | Sold 25 February 1922. [7] [2] | Served in Otranto Barrage. [25] |
USS SC-148 | L E Fry Clayton, New York | 10 December 1917 | Sold 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 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] | |
USS SC-150 | Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works Dubuque, Iowa | 2 March 1918 | Sold 24 June 1921. [7] [2] |
USS SC-277, sometimes styled as either Submarine Chaser No. 277 or S.C.-277, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. Like most members of her class, she was not named and known only by her designation.
USS SC-48, sometimes styled as either Submarine Chaser No. 48 or S.C.-48, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. Like most members of her class, she was not named and known only by her designation.
USS SC-49, prior to July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 49 and USS S.C. 49, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
USS SC-1, prior to July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 1 or USS S.C. 1, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
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.
USS SC-19, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 19 or USS S.C. 19, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
USS SC-21, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 21 or USS S.C. 21, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
USS SC-27, during her service life known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 27 or USS S.C. 27, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. She later served in the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Richards.
USS SC-36, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 36 or USS S.C. 36, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
USS SC-39, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 39 or USS S.C. 39, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
USS SC-42, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 42 or USS S.C. 42, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
USS SC-43, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 43 or USS S.C. 43, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
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.