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SC-49



Call sign:
George - Boy - Nan - Vice
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"
  • Draft 6' 6"(fl)
  • Speed 15.6 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • Armament: One 3"/23 mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector (Y-gun)
  • Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    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 93k Original photo: U.S. Navy photo from the July 1954 edition of All Hands magazine
    Replacement photo: Photo caption: "One of the best pictures ever taken of Uncle Sam's famous 110-foot submarine chasers coming head on at full speed. These snappy little boats did great work overseas with their depth bombs."
    U.S. Navy photo by Underwood from the 21 December 1919 edition of the New York Tribune    		 Original photo: Joe Radigan
    Replacement photo: Michael Mohl
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-49
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