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

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.

Ships

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Number Builder Commissioned Fate Notes
USS SC-351 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
8 January 1918 Sold 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 1918 Sold 24 June 1921[1][2] Based at Plymouth during war.[3][5]
USS SC-353 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
20 March 1918 Sold 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 1918 Sold 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 1918 Sold 13 March 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-356 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
8 April 1918 Sold 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 1918 To France as C-54[2]
USS SC-358 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
9 June 1918 To France as C-56[2]
USS SC-359 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
9 June 1918 To France as C-60[2]
USS SC-360 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
27 September 1918 To France as C-73[2]
USS SC-361 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
9 June 1918 To France as C-57[2]
USS SC-362 College Point Boat
College Point, Queens
9 June 1918 To France as C-49[2]
USS SC-363 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
9 June 1918 To France as C-50[2]
USS SC-364 Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey
9 June 1918 To France as C-51[2]
USS SC-365 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
9 June 1918 To France as C-70.[2]
USS SC-366 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
9 June 1918 To France as C-71.[2]
USS SC-367 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
9 June 1918 To France as C-72.[2]
USS SC-368 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
24 October 1918 To 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 1918 To France as C-96.[2]
USS SC-370 Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida
24 October 1918 To France as C-97.[2]
USS SC-371 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
9 June 1918 To France as C-61.[2]
USS SC-372 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
9 June 1918 To 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 1918 To France as C-62.[2]
USS SC-374 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
9 June 1918 To France as C-52.[2]
USS SC-375 Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
9 June 1918 To France as C-55.[2]
USS SC-376 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
27 September 1918 To 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 1918 To France as C-59.[2]
USS SC-378 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
9 June 1918 To France as C-63.[2]
USS SC-379 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
9 June 1918 To France as C-73.[2]
USS SC-380 Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx
27 September 1918 To France as C-75.[2]
USS SC-381 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
9 June 1918 To France as C-64.[2]
USS SC-382 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
9 June 1918 To France as C-69.[2]
USS SC-383 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
27 September 1918 To France as C-76.[2]
USS SC-384 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
27 September 1918 To France as C-77.[2]
USS SC-385 Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
24 October 1918 To France as C-80.[2]
USS SC-386 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918 To France as C-64.[2]
USS SC-387 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918 To France as C-82.[2]
USS SC-388 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918 To France as C-90.[2]
USS SC-389 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918 To France as C-91.[12]
USS SC-390 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918 To France as C-92.[12]
USS SC-391 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918 To France as C-93.[12]
USS SC-392 Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
24 October 1918 To France as C-89.[12]
USS SC-393 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
9 June 1918 To France as C-66.[12]
USS SC-394 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
9 June 1918 To France as C-65.[12]
USS SC-395 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
9 June 1918 To France as C-67.[12]
USS SC-396 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
9 June 1918 To France as C-68.[12]
USS SC-397 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
27 September 1918 To France as C-78.[12]
USS SC-398 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
24 October 1918 To France as C-79.[12]
USS SC-399 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
24 October 1918 To France as C-83.[12]
USS SC-400 New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
24 October 1918 To France as C-86.[12]

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "SC-301 - SC-400". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al Friedman 1987, p. 473
  3. ^ a b 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 Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. ^ Nutting 1920, pp. 116–127
  8. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-354". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Hull Number: SC 356". The Subchaser Archives. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Le Masson 1969, p. 33
  11. ^ a b c Couhat 1971, p. 110
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Friedman 1987, p. 474

References

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  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1971). French Warships of World War II. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0153-7.
  • Friedman, Norman (1987). U.S. Small Combatants: Including PT-Boats, Subchasers and the Brown Water Navy: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Navy Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-713-5.
  • Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy: Volume Two. Navies of the Second World War. London. ISBN 0-356-02385-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.