List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-401 to SC-448)

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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 ninth group of 48 ships of the class.

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Ships

NumberBuilderCommissionedFateNotes
USS SC-401 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx 		24 October 1918To France as C-98 [1] Took part in Dunkirk evacuation. Seized by UK in July 1940 [2]
Scrapped 1940 [2]
USS SC-402 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx		24 October 1918To France as C-85 [1]
USS SC-403 Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio 		24 October 1918To France as C-87 [1]
USS SC-404 Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio		24 October 1918To France as C-88 [1]
USS SC-405 Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio		24 October 1918Renumbered SC-177 [1] Planned for transfer to France but damaged during grounding before delivery and swapped with SC-177. [1]
USS SC-406 Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio		24 October 1918To France as C-94 [1]
USS SC-407 Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co
Camden, Maine 		16 January 1919Sold 21 April 1920 [1] Yacht North Star 1927, Fishing boat 1931, Freighter 1933, Cod fishing boat 1937. [3]
USS SC-408 Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co
Camden, Maine		11 February 1919Sold 6 June 1922 [1] Never commissioned [4]
USS SC-409 Chance Marine Construction
Annapolis, Maryland 		3 February 1918Sold 24 June 1922 [1] Never commissioned [4]
USS SC-410 Chance Marine Construction
Annapolis, Maryland		N/AN/ACancelled during construction [1]
USS SC-411 Clayton Ship & Boat Building Co
Clayton, New York 		1 May 1919Sold 30 January 1920 [1] Named Brunette 1920, renamed Sentinel 1925, renamed Romance 1926
Extant 1954 [5]
USS SC-412 Clayton Ship & Boat Building Co
Clayton, New York		1 May 1919Decommissioned 25 July 1945 [6] To Maritime Commission 7 August 1946 [4]
Fishing boat Joe-De-Mac 1948
Scrapped 1953 [6]
USS SC-413 College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York 		1919To War Department 30 April 1920 [1] Sold 24 June 1921 [1]
USS SC-414 College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York		1919To War Department 2 September 1919 [1] Artillery Steamer V-1
Decommissioned 15 February 1920 [7]
USS SC-415 College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York		8 January 1919To US Coast Guard 16 December 1919 as USCGC Hahn. [1] [8] Sold 29 January 1923 [8]
USS SC-416 College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York		13 January 1919Sold 24 June 1921. [1]
USS SC-417 College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York		31 January 1919To US Coast Guard 16 December 1919 as USCGC Stellenwerf. [1] [8] Sold 25 May 1922 [9]
USS SC-418 College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York		1919Sold 4 March 1920. [1] [4]
USS SC-419 Great Lakes Boat Building Corp.
Milwaukee 		22 November 1918Sold 27 April 1927. [1] Naval Reserve training vessel [10]
USS SC-420 Great Lakes Boat Building Corp.
Milwaukee		1919Sold 3 February 1920. [1] Opco 1920, Mareuilendole 1921 [11]
USS SC-421 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York 		1919Sold 24 June 1921. [1]
USS SC-422 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York		1919Sold 11 May 1921. [1] Yacht Dorothy 1927 [12]
USS SC-423 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York		1919Sold 11 May 1921. [1]
USS SC-424 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York		21 December 1918Sold 19 May 1921. [1] Named Nelmore 1923, Freighter Noca 1927 [13]
USS SC-425 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York		23 December 1918Sold 11 May 1921. [1] York 1923, Freight boat Cico 1927 [14]
USS SC-426 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey 		8 January 1919Sold 6 June 1922. [1]
USS SC-427 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey		8 January 1919Sold 17 August 1921. [1]
USS SC-428 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey		8 January 1919Loaned to City of Baltimore 16 May 1921. [1] Used as fireboat with name Cascade by Baltimore. Returned to US Navy 1960. [15]
USS SC-429 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey		28 December 1918Sold 26 May 1921. [1] Freighter Explorer 1926 [16]
USS SC-430 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey		15 January 1919Sold 21 October 1921. [1] Fishing boat Anna M 1931, Fishing boat Uncle John 1948 [17]
USS SC-431 Matthews Boat Co.
Port Clinton, Ohio 		29 October 1919To US Coast Guard on completion as USCGC Knudsen. [1] [8] Returned to US Navy 31 August 1921
To Maritime Commission for disposal 9 December 1946
Fishing boat Admiral 1948, renamed Sea Mist 1978
No records after 1984 [18]
USS SC-432 Matthews Boat Co.
Port Clinton, Ohio		To Maritime Commission for disposal 27 July 1945 [1]
USS SC-433 Matthews Boat Co.
Port Clinton, Ohio		25 December 1918To US Coast Guard as USCGC Klingelhoefer 29 October 1919 [8] Returned to US Navy 31 August 1921
Scuttled Lake Ontario, 29 January 1938 [19]
USS SC-434 Alexander McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island 		11 January 1919Sold 22 April 1920 [1] Yacht Manchonoch 1920, Center engine removed
Fishing boat 1931, still extant 1933 [20]
USS SC-435 Alexander McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		27 January 1919 [1] US Coast Guard as USCGC Johansson 21 October 1919 [8] Never commissioned in US Navy [4]
Sold 27 December 1922
Fishing boat Waltham II 1931 [21]
USS SC-436 Alexander McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island		4 February 1919 [1] Sold 1 June 1921 [1] Never commissioned in US Navy [4]
Fishing boat Beatrice K, still extant 1931 [22]
USS SC-437 Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio		1 March 1919 [1] US Coast Guard as USCGC Boyce 29 October 1919 [8] Returned to US Navy 31 August 1921 [8]
Used for training on Great Lakes [23]
To Maritime Commission for disposal 21 March 1947 [1]
Freighter Charlmar 1947, scrapped 1961 [23]
USS SC-438 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio		1919 [1] US Coast Guard as USCGC Cook 22 November 1919 [8] Sold 28 May 1936 [8]
Civilian Islander - re-engined with two diesel engines [24]
To US Coast Guard 5 March 1943 as USCGC Bonneville (WIX-375) [8]
Sold 1946 - Civilian Victory
1952, renamed Admiral. Scrapped 1957 [24]
USS SC-439 Howard E. Wheeler
Brooklyn, New York		3 January 1919Sold 25 February 1922. [1]
USS SC-440 Howard E. Wheeler
Brooklyn, New York		20 January 1919Scrapped August 1942. [1] Used for training at US Naval Academy [25]
USS SC-441 Howard E. Wheeler
Brooklyn, New York		21 January 1919Sold 26 June 1922. [1]
USS SC-442 Howard E. Wheeler
Brooklyn, New York		-Cancelled 1918. [1]
USS SC-443 U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans 26 August 1919Sold 29 January 1924. [1]
USS SC-444 U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans26 August 1919Sold 24 March 1923. [1]
USS SC-445 U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans-Cancelled 20 November 1918. [1]
USS SC-446 U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans-Cancelled 20 November 1918. [1]
USS SC-447 U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans-Cancelled 20 November 1918. [1]
USS SC-448 U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans-Cancelled 20 November 1918. [1]

See also

References

  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 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Friedman 1987 , p. 474
  2. 1 2 Couhat 1971 , p. 110
  3. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-407". NavSource. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "SC-401 - SC-500". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-411". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. 1 2 Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-412". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "U.S. Army Artillery Steamer V-1: ex-USS SC-414". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Flynn 2014 , p. 4
  9. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Stellenwerf (CGSC 417): ex-SC-417". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-419 ex-PC-419". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  11. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-420". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  12. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-422". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  13. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-424". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  14. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-425". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  15. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-428". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  16. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-429". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  17. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-430". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  18. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "USS SC-431, ex-USS PC-431, ex-USCGC Knudsen (CGSC 431), ex-USS PC-431". NavSource. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  19. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "USS SC-433, ex-USCGC Klingelhoefer (CGSC 433), ex-USS SC-433". NavSource. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  20. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-434". NavSource. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  21. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Johanson (CGSC 435), ex-SC-435". NavSource. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  22. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-436". NavSource. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  23. 1 2 Radigan, Joseph M. "USS SC-437, ex-USS PC-437, ex-USCGC Boyce, ex-PC-437". NavSource. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  24. 1 2 Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Bonneville (WIX 375), ex-USCGC Cook (CGSC 438), ex-USS PC-438". NavSource. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  25. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-440, ex-PC-440". NavSource. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
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