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SC-41


SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
  • Commissioned 19 February 1918
  • Sold for scrap 24 June 1921 to C. P. Comerford of Lowell, MA.

    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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    USS SC-41
    SC-35, SC-81, SC-258, SC-137 & SC-41 365k “Cinderellas of the Fleet”- over 400 of these sub-chasers were built during the war. Manned mostly by American college men, they were intended primarily to guard the home shores. Many were sent across where they served effectively against the submarines.”
    SC-35 in the left foreground with SC-81 and SC-258 astern and SC-137 is on the right with SC-41 astern
    Photo from the publication “Forward Ho!” published by Disabled American Veterans Of The World War, 1917
    Jim Geldert
    ex-SC-41
    SC-41 135k c. 1921
    Dorchester Bay scrapyard
    SC-216, SC-225, SC-240, SC-41 and an unidentified subchaser awaiting scrapping
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection
    Boston Public Library
    SC-41 248k c. 1921
    Dorchester Bay scrapyard
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection
    SC-41 206k c. 1921
    Scrapped and grounded at the Dorchester Bay Shipyard, awaiting final disposition
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection
    Mike Green
    SC-216, 225 & 41 245k c. 1921
    Dorchester Bay scrapyard
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection
    Boston Public Library

    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Randolph Wilson Scott, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan

    There is no DANFS history available for SC-41
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