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SC-36



Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - Cast - Boy
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-36, 23 January 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Registered in 1927 to David Simpson of Boston, MA as the freighter Nonia
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications

  • Displacement 85 t.
    1927 - 81 t.
  • Length 110'
    1927 - 104.3'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
    1927 - 15'
  • Draft 5' 8"
    1927 - 8.1'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
    1927 - Five
  • 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.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-127, SC-34 & SC-36 28k Moored outboard of SC-127 and SC-34
    National Archives photo    		 Dan Treadwell
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Evans R. Dick, Jr., USN - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-36
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