List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-151 to SC-200)

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 fourth 50 ships of the class.

Ships

Number	Builder	Commissioned	Fate	Notes
USS SC-151	Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida	14 December 1917	Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2]	Served on Otranto Barrage and took part in the Bombardment of Durazzo on 2 October 1918. [3] Became party fishing boat after sale with the name Usona. Re-acquired by US Navy in 1942 as district patrol craft YP-191, resold in 1946, became fishing boat Sea Queen III. [4]
USS SC-152	Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida	17 January 1918	To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Vaughan. [2] [5]	Decommissioned 28 March 1928. [5]
USS SC-153	Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida	14 February 1918	To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Taylor. [2] [5]	Decommissioned 1 January 1923 [5]
USS SC-154	Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida	15 February 1918	Sold 16 November 1921. [1] [2]	Operated from Key West during war. [6]
USS SC-155	Gibbs Gas Engine Company Jacksonville, Florida	11 April 1918	To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Smith. [2] [5]	Served on US West coast (Alaska and California) for Coast Guard. Decommissioned 1937. [7] [5]
USS SC-156	F. M. Blount Pensacola, Florida	30 October 1917	Sold 6 November 1924. [1] [2]
USS SC-157	F. M. Blount Pensacola, Florida	13 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2]
USS SC-158	F. M. Blount Pensacola, Florida	13 March 1918	Sold 26 February 1921. [1] [2]
USS SC-159	F. M. Blount Pensacola, Florida	17 September 1917	Sold 16 November 1926. [1] [2]	Operated on aviation patrol duties based at Pensacola from 1921 to 1926. [8] [9]
USS SC-160	Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York	22 December 1917	To France as C-25. [1] [2]	Later CH.25. Scuttled at Toulon 27 November 1942, later salvaged and scrapped. [10]
USS SC-161	Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York	30 March 1918	To France as C-36. [1] [2]
USS SC-162	Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York	10 May 1918	To France as C-44. [1] [2]
USS SC-163	Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York	18 May 1918	To France as C-48. [1] [2]
USS SC-164	Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York	23 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2]	Served at Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland and Plymouth, England during war. [11] [12] [13]
USS SC-165	Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York	23 March 1918	Destroyed in fire 25 August 1920 [1] [2]	Served in Azores during war. [13]
USS SC-166	Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York	23 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2]	Based at Newport, Rhode Island during war. [14]
USS SC-167	Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York	8 April 1918	Destroyed in fire 22 December 1917. [1] [2]	Based at Newport, Rhode Island during war. [15]
USS SC-168	Howard E. Wheeler Brooklyn, New York	8 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2]	Fishing boat Whitby II after sale. Re-acquired by US Navy in 1942 as district patrol boat YP-178, but unsuitable and sold in June 1942. Fishing vessel Madonna from 1947. Abandoned and broken up 1959. [16]
USS SC-169	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	30 March 1918	To France as C-37. [1] [2]
USS SC-170	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	22 December 1917	To France as C-29 [1] [2]
USS SC-171	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	22 December 1917	To France as C-39. [1] [2]
USS SC-172	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	22 December 1917	To France as C-26. [1] [2]	Named Jean Argaud in post war French service. [17]
USS SC-173	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	30 March 1918	To France as C-31. [18] [2]
USS SC-174	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	22 December 1917	To France as C-40. [18] [2]
USS SC-175	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	30 March 1918	To France as C-32. [18] [2]
USS SC-176	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	30 March 1918	To France as C-38. [18] [2]
USS SC-177	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	31 October 1917	Exchanged hull number with USS SC-405. [18] [2]	The submarine chaser built as SC-405 was built for France but was damaged during Sea trials delaying delivery, so SC-177 and SC-405 exchanged hull numbers. The ship built as SC-177 became the French C-99. The new SC-177 (built as SC-405) was based at Plymouth, England during the war and was sold in 1921. [18] [19]
USS SC-178	Matthews Boat Port Clinton, Ohio	Date unknown	Sold 24 June 1921. [18] [2]	Served at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and on minesweeping duties in North Sea after war. [20]
USS SC-179	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	24 December 1917	Sold to Italy 1920. [18] [2]	Based at Corfu during war and took part in the Bombardment of Durazzo on 2 October 1918. [13] [21]
USS SC-180	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	27 April 1918 [2]	See Notes	Destroyed in accident 15 July 1920 according to Friedman [18] Destroyed by fire 29 October 1920 according to Subchaser Archives [22] Sold 24 June 1921 according to DANFS [2]
USS SC-181	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	27 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [18] [2]	Served at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and on minesweeping duties in North Sea after war. [23]
USS SC-182	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	6 May 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [18] [2]	Served in European waters in war. [24]
USS SC-183	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	27 April 1918	To US Coast Guard 21 October 1921 as USCGC Tinguard. [2] [5]	Decommissioned 3 June 1937 [5]
USS SC-184	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	27 April 1918	Sunk in collision 9 August 1919. [18] [2] [25]	Salvaged and sold for scrap 20 May 1921 [2]
USS SC-185	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	27 April 1918	Lost 30 June 1940. [18] [2]
USS SC-186	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	27 April 1918	Sold 28 October 1926. [18] [2]
USS SC-187	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	April/May 1918	Sunk in collision 4 August 1918. [2]
USS SC-188	International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine Co. Upper Nyack, New York	13 March 1918	Scrapped 2 July 1924. [18] [2]
USS SC-189	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	13 March 1918	Sold 9 May 1921 [18] [2]
USS SC-190	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	13 March 1918	Sold 10 November 1921 [18] [2]
USS SC-191	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	13 March 1918	Sold 12 March 1924 [18] [2]
USS SC-192	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	15 April 1918	Transferred to Sea Scouts 15 May 1937 [18] [2]
USS SC-193	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	15 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [18] [2]
USS SC-194	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	15 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [18] [2]	Served on US East coast during war. [26]
USS SC-195	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	15 April 1918	Sold 12 November 1921. [18] [2]
USS SC-196	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	15 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [18] [2]
USS SC-197	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	15 April 1918	To US Coast Guard as USCGC Mehalatos. [2] [5]	Sold 27 January 1923 [5]
USS SC-198	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	15 April 1918	Sold 11 May 1921. [18] [2]
USS SC-199	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	14 April 1918	To US Coast Guard as USCGC Ovesen. [2] [5]	Sold 1923 [5]
USS SC-200	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	17 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921. [18] [2]

See also

• List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-1 to SC-50)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-51 to SC-100)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-201 to SC-250)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-251 to SC-300)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-301 to SC-350)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-351 to SC-400)

Citations

1. Friedman 1987 , p. 470
2. "SC-101 - SC-201". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 30 August 2020.
3. "Hull Number: SC 151". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
4. Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-191: ex-SC-151". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
5. Flynn 2014 , p. 4
6. "Hull Number: SC 154". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
7. Radigan, Joseph M. "US CGC Smith: ex-SC-155". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
8. "Hull Number: SC 159". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
9. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-159". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
10. Le Masson 1969 , p. 33
11. "Hull Number: SC 164". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
12. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-164". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
13. Nutting 1920 , p. 178
14. "Hull Number: SC 166". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
15. "Hull Number: SC 167". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
16. Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-178: ex-SC-168". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
17. "Hull Number: SC 172". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
18. Friedman 1987 , p. 471
19. "Hull Number: SC 177". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
20. "Hull Number: SC 178". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
21. "Hull Number: SC 179". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
22. "Hull Number: SC 180". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
23. "Hull Number: SC 181". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
24. "Hull Number: SC 182". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
25. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-184". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
26. "Hull Number: SC 194". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

References

• Flynn, Jim (2014). "U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft: Major Classes - 100-feet to 150 feet in length: 1915 to 2012" (PDF). US Coast Guard. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
• Friedman, Norman (1987). U.S. Small Combatants: Including PT-Boats, Subchasers and the Brown Water Navy: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Navy Institute Press. ISBN   0-87021-713-5.
• Le Masson, Henri (1969). Navies of the Second World War: The French Navy Volume Two. London: Macdonald.
• Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.