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SC-49

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY; Commissioned, 27 March 1918; Sold, 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner, Philadelphia, PA. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 98 t; Length 110' 10"; Beam 17' 11"; Max. Draft 6' 6"(fl); Speed 15.6 or 21k; Complement 27; Armament one dual purpose 3"/23, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projectile (Y-gun); Propulsion three 660hp gasoline engines, three shafts.

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SC-49 80k Lookout in the Crow's Nest on SC 49, 1918. The Sub Chaser Archives
SC-49 77k U.S. Navy photo from the May 1954 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
SC-49 103k U.S. Navy photo from the July 1954 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
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