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SC-46



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

  • Laid down at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-46, 16 March 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Named Seacall
  • Registered in 1927 to Anthony Linguata of Revere, MA as the fishing boat Natale II
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications

  • Displacement 85 t.
    1927 - 79 t.
  • Length 110'
    1927 - 104.3'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
    1927 - 14.9'
  • Draft 5' 8"
    1927 - 8.3'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
    1927 - 12
  • 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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    SC-46 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
    SC-46 234k Photos from "Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage" by the U.S. Navy North Sea Minesweeping Detachment Joe Radigan
    SC-46 234k
    SC-46 234k
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-46
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