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SC-4



Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - Boy - Fox
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"
  • Max Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • Armament: One single 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three Standard 220hp gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-4 91k Launching Joe Radigan
    SC-4 109k c. 1918
    Photo from the Heritage House Collection, donated by the Campbell, Poirier and Pound families, courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries    		 Robert Hurst
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Harold L. Rice, USNRF1918
    02ENS Eugene T. Auger, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-4
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