List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-201 to SC-250)

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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 fifth group of 50 ships of the class.

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Ships

NumberBuilderCommissionedFateNotes
USS SC-201 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia 		23 April 1918Sold 6 June 1922. [1] [2]
USS SC-202 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		23 April 1918Sold 24 June 1921 [1] [2]
USS SC-203 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		25 April 1918To US Coast Guard 21 November 1919 as USCGC Larsen. [2] [3] Decommissioned 1 January 1923, sold 11 January 1923. [3]
USS SC-204 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		25 April 1918Sold 27 July 1922. [1] [2]
USS SC-205 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		25 April 1918Sold 3 September 1920 [2]
USS SC-206 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		25 April 1918Sold 1 June 1921. [1] [2] Based at Plymouth, England [4] and Queenstown, Ireland during World War I. [5]
USS SC-207 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		26 April 1918Sold 21 April 1921. [1] [2] Based at Plymouth, England during war [4] and took part in post war minesweeping operations in North Sea. [6]
USS SC-208 General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp.
Alexandria, Virginia		15 May 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Based at Plymouth, England during war [4] and took part in post war minesweeping operations in North Sea. [7]
USS SC-209 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey 		March 1918Sunk 27 August 1918. [1] [2] Sunk by gunfire by the cargo ship Felix Taussig, south of Long Island after Felix Taussig mistook her for an enemy submarine. Eighteen members of SC-209's crew died. [8] [9]
USS SC-210 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		18 March 1918Sold 23 April 1930. [1] [2] Served at Gibraltar during war. [4]
USS SC-211 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		28 November 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Served in Azores during war. [4]
USS SC-212 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		15 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Served at Gibraltar during war. [4]
USS SC-213 Mathis Yacht Building Company
Camden, New Jersey		18 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Served in Azores during war. [4]
USS SC-214 Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island 		1 December 1917Sold 21 February 1927. [1] [2] Served at Gibraltar during war. [4]
USS SC-215 Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		24 December 1917Sold 28 June 1919 [1] [2] Based at Corfu during war. [4]
USS SC-216 Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		14 February 1918Sold 11 May 1921. [1] [2] Based at Corfu during war. [4]
USS SC-217 Alex McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		19 February 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Based at Corfu during war. [4]
USS SC-218 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia 		9 February 1918Sold 21 July 1921. [1] [2]
USS SC-219 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		19 February 1918Destroyed in fire 9 October 1918. [1] [2]
USS SC-220 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		13 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Based at Plymouth, England during war. [4]
USS SC-221 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		13 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Based at Plymouth, England during war. [4]
USS SC-222 Newcomb Lifeboat Company
Hampton, Virginia		13 March 1918Sold 11 May 1921. [1] [2] Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war. [4] [10]
USS SC-223 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company
Morris Heights, Bronx 		5 December 1917Sold 18 March 1936. [1] [2] Served at Gibraltar during war. [4] Used for survey duties around Cuba during 1920s. [11]
USS SC-224 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		27 October 1917Sold 8 September 1936. [1] [2] Based at Brest, France and Plymouth, England during war. [4] [12]
USS SC-225 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		10 December 1917Sold 11 May 1921 [1] [2] Based at Corfu and served on Otranto patrol. [4] [13]
USS SC-226 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		24 December 1917Sold 20 July 1921. [1] [2] Based at Bordeaux during war. [4]
Used as fishing boat with name By Gar. [14]
USS SC-227 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		24 December 1917Sold 14 October 1924. [1] [2] Based at Corfu during war. [4]
USS SC-228 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		23 January 1918Sold 20 July 1921. [1] [2] Served at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and on minesweeping duties in North Sea after war. [15]
USS SC-229 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		23 January 1918To US Coast Guard 14 August 1942 as USCGC Boone (WPC-335). [2] [16] Decommissioned 6 June 1945. Disposed of 8 March 1946 [16]
USS SC-230 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 February 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2]
USS SC-231 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 February 1918To US Coast Guard 14 August 1942 as USCGC Blaze (WPC-336). [2] [16] Decommissioned 25 September 1944. Disposed of 8 March 1946 [16]
USS SC-232 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 February 1918Sold 12 December 1923. [1] [2]
USS SC-233 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		21 February 1918To US War Department 2 September 1919 [1] [2]
USS SC-234 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		21 February 1918To US War Department 2 September 1919 [1] [2]
USS SC-235 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2]
USS SC-236 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2]
USS SC-237 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		7 March 1918Sold 18 May 1923. [1] [2]
USS SC-238 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		12 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Re-acquired by War Shipping Administration 1943
To US Coast Guard as USCGC Bowstring (WPC-365) 7 July 1943.
Decommissioned 23 December 1944. Disposed of 6 January 1946. [16] [17]
USS SC-239 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		19 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2]
USS SC-240 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		20 March 1918Sold 11 May 1921 [1] [2]
USS SC-241 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 April 1918Sold 11 May 1921 [1] [2]
USS SC-242 New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co.
Morris Heights, Bronx		8 April 1918Sold 11 May 1921 [1] [2]
USS SC-243 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York 		11 January 1917To France as C-17 [1] [2]
USS SC-244 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		10 December 1917Sold 11 May 1921. [1] [2] Based at Corfu during war. [4]
USS SC-245 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		7 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [2] [18] Served on East coast of US. [19]
USS SC-246 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		7 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [2] [18]
USS SC-247 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		20 March 1918Sold 11 May 1921. [2] [18]
USS SC-248 Eastern Shipyard Co.
Greenport, New York		17 January 1918Sold 28 June 1919. [2] [18] Based at Corfu during war. [4]
USS SC-249 Chance Marine Construction Co.
Annapolis, Maryland 		18 May 1918To France as C-47. [2] [18]
USS SC-250 Chance Marine Construction Co.
Annapolis, Maryland		17 May 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [2] [18]

See also

Citations

  1. 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 Friedman 1987 , p. 471
  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 49 50 "SC-209 - SC-300". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 Flynn 2014 , p. 4
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Nutting 1920 , p. 178
  5. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 206". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 207". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 208". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 209". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. ↑ Galiano, Rich. "Sub Chaser SC-209". New Jersey Scuba Diving. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 222". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-223". NavSource. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 224". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 225". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  14. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-226". NavSource. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 128". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Flynn 2014 , p. 5
  17. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-238". NavSource. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Friedman 1987 , p. 472
  19. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-245". NavSource. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

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