USS SC-131

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NameSC-131
Builder
Launched1917
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Class and type SC-1-class submarine chaser
Displacement75 t
Length110 ft (34 m)
Beam13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Draft6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Propulsion
  • 3 × 660 hp (490 kW) Standard gasoline engines
  • 3 shafts
Speed18  kn (33 km/h)
Endurance1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement26
Armament

USS SC-131, sometimes styled as either Submarine Chaser No. 131 or S.C.-131, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. Was the first U.S. Vessel to enter the Austro-German base at Cattaro after the signing of the armistice. [1] On December 22, 1918 the ship left in a convoy from Corfu to Malta. [2]

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Bermuda to New York race

Captained by Lieutenant commander Joseph L. Day won the Bermuda to New York race in 56 hours and 56 minutes beating the former record by 8 hours and 43 minutes. [3] [4] [5] The race was between six submarine Chasers 90, 129, 131, 217, 224, 351. [6] During the race one ship had mechanical difficulties when USS SC 129 broke a crankshaft and with only two engines was disqualified under the race rules. [7]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command 2019.
  2. ↑ Blazich 2019.
  3. ↑ Motor Boating 1919, p. 7.
  4. ↑ South Bend News-Times 2019, p. 1.
  5. ↑ Nutting 1920, pp. 128–138.
  6. ↑ Nutting 1920, p. 128.
  7. ↑ Nutting 1920, p. 135.

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