USS SC-42

The SC-1-class submarine chasers S.C. 102 (bearing identification marking "N-5"), SC-105 (bearing identification marking N-6), and S.C. 42 (bearing identification marking "N-2"). The three submarine chasers made up half of Division N of the USS Jouett Group in 1918 when this photograph was taken, and later (from 4 September 1918) made up the entirety of Group B of the USS Henley Group.
History
United States
Name
  • USS Submarine Chaser No. 42 (1917-1920)
  • USS SC-42 (1920-1921)
BuilderNew York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Commissioned2 March 1918
ReclassifiedSC-42 on 17 July 1920
FateSold 24 June 1921
General characteristics
Class and typeSC-1-class submarine chaser
Displacement
  • 77 tons normal
  • 85 tons full load
Length
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 bhp (160 kW) Standard Motor Construction Company 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 (1,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement27 (2 officers, 25 enlisted men)
Sensors and
processing systems
One Submarine Signal Company S.C. C Tube, M.B. Tube, or K Tube hydrophone
Armament

USS SC-42, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 42 or USS S.C. 42, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.

Characteristics

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SC-42 was a wooden-hulled 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser built at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York. She was commissioned on 2 March 1918 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 42, abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 42.

History

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When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Submarine Chaser No. 42 was classified as SC-42 and her name was shortened to USS SC-42.

On 24 June 1921, the Navy sold SC-42 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

References

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  • Public Domain 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-42
  • The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great War Hull number: SC-42
  • 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.