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SC-4



Call sign:
George - Boy - Nan - Have
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at Naval Station New Orleans, LA
  • Commissioned 19 February 1918
  • Sold 19 March 1920 to David A. Clarkson of Nassau, Bahamas
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110"
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns and one depth charge projector (Y-Gun)
  • Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-4 93k An unidentified 110-foot submarine chaser is launched by
    crane at New Orleans, late 1917 or early 1918.    		 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
    SC-1 124k c. 1918/1920
    Charleston, SC
    Moored inboard of SC-1
    The Sub Chaser Archives photo    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-4
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