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SC-45

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down by the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY; Commissioned 16 October 1917; Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 85 t; Length 110"; Beam 14' 8.75"; Max Draft (fl) 5' 8"; Speed 18 kts; Armament one single 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, one dcp (Y-Gun); Complement two officers, 25 enlisted; Endurance 1000 nm @ 12 kts; Propulsion, three Standard 660hp gasoline engines, three shafts.

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SC-45 112k SC-220, SC-221 in foreground left to right (skipping the lefthand chasers that has no visible hull number), SC-46, SC-47,
SC-45 and SC-323 in background left to right).
Photo courtesy of Al Tilley 		The Sub Chaser Archives
Eider 119k USS Eider (Minesweeper No. 17) with identification letter "N" in a North Sea port, probably Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, during the the North Sea mine barrage clearance operation in 1919. She has several submarine chasers alongside including, from left to right: SC-25, SC-45, SC-356, SC-47 and SC-40. Halftone reproduction, published in the cruise book "Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1919", page 142.
Donation of Chief Storekeeper Charles A. Free.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99789		 Naval Historical Center
There is no DANFS history available for SC-45
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