List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-251 to SC-300)

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 sixth group of 50 ships of the class.

Ships

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Number Builder Commissioned Fate Notes
USS SC-251 Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co.
Camden, Maine
29 December 1917 Sold 19 May 1923.[1][2] Based at Azores during war.[3]
USS SC-252 Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co.
Camden, Maine
7 March 1918 Sold 8 September 1936[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-253 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
7 March 1918 Sold 9 December 1922.[1][2] Based at Gibraltar during war[3]
USS SC-254 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
15 November 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown (now Cobh) during war, and took part in clearing of North Sea Mine Barrage post war.[4]
USS SC-255 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
19 November 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Corfu during war.[3]
USS SC-256 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
19 November 1917 Destroyed by fire 1 November 1919.[1][2] Based at Corfu during war.[3]
USS SC-257 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
28 November 1917 Sold 25 February 1922.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-258 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
28 November 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
Named Liberty II in civilian ownership.
Re-acquired by War Shipping Administration 19 November 1942
To US Coast Guard as USCGC Belleville (WPC-372) 20 March 1943, decommissioned 30 June 1945.
Disposed via War Shipping Administration 2 May 1946.[5][6]
USS SC-259 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
15 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-260 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
12 January 1918 Sold 14 October 1924.[1][2]
USS SC-261 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
9 February 1918 Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-262 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
9 February 1918 Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-263 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
9 February 1918 Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-264 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
9 February 1918 Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2] Deployed to Azores during war.[3]
USS SC-265 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
9 February 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-266 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
1 April 1918 Sold 25 January 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-267 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
5 April 1918 To War Department 18 September 1919.[1][2]
USS SC-268 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
1 April 1918 To US Coast Guard 17 January 1919 as USCGC Adams.[1][2][7] Used by USCG Academy.[8] Sold 25 May 1922.[7]
USS SC-269 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
1 April 1918 Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-270 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
1 April 1918 Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2] Based at Gibraltar during war[3]
USS SC-271 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
1 April 1918 Sold 18 June 1934.[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-272 George Lawley & Son
Neponset, Boston
7 March 1918 Sold 24 June 1921[1][2] Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-273 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
26 March 1918 Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-274 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
30 March 1918 To Cuba 5 November 1918 as No. 1.[1][2][9] Still in use for coastguard duties in 1931.[9]
USS SC-275 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
30 March 1918 To War Department 9 December 1919[1][2]
USS SC-276 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
9 April 1918 To War Department 9 December 1919[1][2]
USS SC-277 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
9 April 1918 Sold 25 September 1922[1][2] Based at Azores during war.[3]
USS SC-278 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
30 March 1918 Sold 25 September 1922[1][2] Based at Azores during war.[3]
USS SC-279 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
18 April 1918 To War Department 2 October 1919[1][2] Sold 1922 and named Ekwood and later Stranger
Re-acquired by US Navy in November 1942 as YP-594, used by West Coast Sound Training School, San Diego
Out of service December 1944. Sold via War Shipping Organization November 1945.
Civilian Stranger - lost 17 July 1948.[10]
USS SC-280 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
18 April 1918 To War Department 6 October 1919[1][2]
USS SC-281 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
18 April 1918 To War Department 6 October 1919[1][2]
USS SC-282 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
22 April 1918 Lost at sea 11 June 1920.[1][2]
USS SC-283 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
22 April 1918 Sold 13 March 1922[1][2]
USS SC-284 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
22 April 1918 Sold 24 March 1923[1][2]
USS SC-285 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
22 April 1918 Sold 25 March 1927[1][2]
USS SC-286 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
6 May 1918 Sold 13 March 1922[1][2]
USS SC-287 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Mare Island, California
6 May 1918 Sold 25 February 1924.[1][2]
USS SC-288 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
19 June 1918 Sold 13 March 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-289 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
19 June 1918 Sold 13 January 1921.[1]
USS SC-290 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
19 June 1918 Sold 9 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-291 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
27 March 1918 Sold 3 September 1920[1][2] Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11]
USS SC-292 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
27 March 1918 Sold 3 May 1921[1][2] Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11]
USS SC-293 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
13 March 1918 Sold 6 February 1922[1][2] Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11] To Canada in civilian service.
Named Etta Mac in 1931, Grant Lindsay in 1953 and Debbie Kathleen K. in 1965.
Destroyed by fire 1 July 1967.[12]
USS SC-294 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
25 March 1918 Sold 13 March 1922.[1][2] Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11]
Yacht Tenino 1922, renamed Pandora 1927. Freighter Monterey, 1940
Acquired US Navy as YP-401 and transferred to Coast Guard 22 January 1944. Returned to Navy 24 October 1945
Civil Monterey, 1946. Yacht 1949 and fishing boat 1953. Still extant 1970.[13]
USS SC-295 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
13 April 1918 Sold 10 April 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-296 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
13 April 1918 Sold 3 September 1920.[1][2] Named Conquista 1920[14]
USS SC-297 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
13 April 1918 Sold 25 September 1920.[1][2]
USS SC-298 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
13 April 1918 Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-299 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
25 April 1918 Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-300 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound, Washington
25 April 1918 Sold 22 June 1921.[1][2]

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ 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 am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax "SC-209 - SC-300". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  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 am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Friedman 1987, p. 472
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Nutting 1920, p. 178
  4. ^ "Hull Number: SC 254". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ Flynn 2014, p. 5
  6. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Belleville (WPC 372) ex-USS SC-258". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b Flynn 2014, p. 4
  8. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Adams ex-USS SC-268". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b Parkes 1931, p. 137
  10. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-594 ex-U.S. Army Artillery Steamer V-8 ex-USS SC-279". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d Koppel, Motor Boating February 1919, p. 14
  12. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-293". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  13. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-401 ex-SC-294". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  14. ^ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-296". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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