USS SC-1

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USS SC-4 and USS SC-1.jpg
USS S.C. 1 (right) and her sister ship USS S.C. 4 (left) at Charleston, South Carolina.
History
United States
Name
  • USS Submarine Chaser No. 1 (1917-1920)
  • USS SC-1 (1920-1921)
Builder, New Orleans, Louisiana
Commissioned1[1] or 8[2] October 1917
ReclassifiedSC-1 on 17 July 1920
FateSold 20 July 1921
General characteristics
Class and typeSC-1-class submarine chaser
Displacement
  • 77 tons normal
  • 85 tons full load
Length
  • 110 ft (34 m) overall
  • 105 ft (32 m) between perpendiculars
Beam14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Draft
  • 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) normal
  • 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) full load
PropulsionThree 220-brake horsepower (164-kilowatt) six-cylinder gasoline engines, three shafts, 2,400 US gallons (9,100 L) of gasoline; one Standard Motor Construction Company two-cylinder gasoline-powered auxiliary engine
Speed18 knots (33 km/h)
Range1,000 nautical miles (1,850 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement27 (2 officers, 25 enlisted men)
Sensors and
processing systems
One Submarine Signal Company , , or hydrophone
Armament
USS S.C. 1 (left) and her sister ships (center) and (right) moored to a buoy at Salcombe, England, during World War I.

USS SC-1, prior to July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 1 or USS S.C. 1, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.

SC-1 was a wooden-hulled 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser built at in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was commissioned on either 1[3] or 8[4] October 1917 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 1, abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 1.

During World War I, S.C. 1 was based at Base 27, Plymouth, England, from which she conducted antisubmarine patrols against German submarines as a part of Unit 1 with the submarine chasers and .

When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Submarine Chaser No. 1 was classified as SC-1 and her name was shortened to USS SC-1.

On 20 July 1921, the Navy sold SC-1 to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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References[]

  • This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
  • NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-1
  • The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great War Hull number: SC-1
  • Woofenden, Todd A. Hunters of the Steel Sharks: The Submarine Chasers of World War I. Bowdoinham, Maine: Signal Light Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9789192-0-7.


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