List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-351 to SC-400)

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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 eighth group of 50 ships of the class.

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Ships

NumberBuilderCommissionedFateNotes
USS SC-351 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
8 January 1918Sold 19 October 1920 [1] [2] Based at Plymouth and Bordeaux during war. [3] [4]
USS SC-352 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921 [1] [2] Based at Plymouth during war. [3] [5]
USS SC-353 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
20 March 1918Sold 18 March 1936. [1] [2] Operated in European waters during war.
Redesignated PC-353 in 1920, and decommissioned same year.
Recommissioned as survey vessel operating in Cuban waters in 1922. [6]
USS SC-354 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Deployed to Arkhangelsk in North Russia in June–July 1918 along with SC-256 and SC-95. [7]
Renamed Frankie and Rose 1921
Fishing boat 353 in 1927
Fishing boat Frank W. Wilkisson in 1931. [8]
USS SC-355 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
12 March 1918Sold 13 March 1922. [1] [2]
USS SC-356 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
8 April 1918Sold 24 June 1921. [1] [2] Based at Plymouth and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland during war
Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919 [9]
USS SC-357 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
9 June 1918To France as C-54 [2]
USS SC-358 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
9 June 1918To France as C-56 [2]
USS SC-359 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
9 June 1918To France as C-60 [2]
USS SC-360 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
27 September 1918To France as C-73 [2]
USS SC-361 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
9 June 1918To France as C-57 [2]
USS SC-362 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
9 June 1918To France as C-49 [2]
USS SC-363 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
9 June 1918To France as C-50 [2]
USS SC-364 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
9 June 1918To France as C-51 [2]
USS SC-365 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
9 June 1918To France as C-70. [2]
USS SC-366 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
9 June 1918To France as C-71. [2]
USS SC-367 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
9 June 1918To France as C-72. [2]
USS SC-368 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
24 October 1918To France as C-95. [2] Still in service at start of World War II in 1939. [10] [11]
Paid-off for scrap early 1940. [10]
USS SC-369 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
24 October 1918To France as C-96. [2]
USS SC-370 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
24 October 1918To France as C-97. [2]
USS SC-371 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
9 June 1918To France as C-61. [2]
USS SC-372 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
9 June 1918To France as C-58. [2] Still in service at start of World War II in 1939. [10] [11]
Paid-off for scrap early 1940. [10]
USS SC-373 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
9 June 1918To France as C-62. [2]
USS SC-374 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
9 June 1918To France as C-52. [2]
USS SC-375 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
9 June 1918To France as C-55. [2]
USS SC-376 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
27 September 1918To France as C-74. [2] Still in service at start of World War II in 1939. [10] [11]
Paid-off for scrap early 1940. [10]
USS SC-377 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
9 June 1918To France as C-59. [2]
USS SC-378 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
9 June 1918To France as C-63. [2]
USS SC-379 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
9 June 1918To France as C-73. [2]
USS SC-380 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
27 September 1918To France as C-75. [2]
USS SC-381 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
9 June 1918To France as C-64. [2]
USS SC-382 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
9 June 1918To France as C-69. [2]
USS SC-383 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
27 September 1918To France as C-76. [2]
USS SC-384 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
27 September 1918To France as C-77. [2]
USS SC-385 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
24 October 1918To France as C-80. [2]
USS SC-386 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-64. [2]
USS SC-387 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-82. [2]
USS SC-388 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-90. [2]
USS SC-389 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-91. [12]
USS SC-390 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-92. [12]
USS SC-391 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-93. [12]
USS SC-392 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-89. [12]
USS SC-393 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
9 June 1918To France as C-66. [12]
USS SC-394 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
9 June 1918To France as C-65. [12]
USS SC-395 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
9 June 1918To France as C-67. [12]
USS SC-396 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
9 June 1918To France as C-68. [12]
USS SC-397 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
27 September 1918To France as C-78. [12]
USS SC-398 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
24 October 1918To France as C-79. [12]
USS SC-399 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
24 October 1918To France as C-83. [12]
USS SC-400 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
24 October 1918To France as C-86. [12]

See also

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "SC-301 - SC-400". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  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 Friedman 1987 , p. 473
  3. 1 2 Nutting 1920 , p. 178
  4. "Hull Number: SC 351". The Subchaser Archives. 12 October 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. "Hull Number: SC 352". The Subchaser Archives. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. Radigan, Joseph M. "PC-353, ex SC-353". NavSource. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. Nutting 1920 , pp. 116–127
  8. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-354". NavSource. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  9. "Hull Number: SC 356". The Subchaser Archives. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Le Masson 1969 , p. 33
  11. 1 2 3 Couhat 1971 , p. 110
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Friedman 1987 , p. 474

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