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YW-97
ex-SC-64

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down by the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY; Commissioned USS SC-64, 16 May 1918; Converted to a Water Barge and reclassified YW-97, 30 November 1942; Sold, 11 March 1943. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 98 t; Length 110' 10"; Beam 13' 6"; Draft 6' 3" (fl); Speed 17 kts.; Complement 17; Armament one 3"/23 mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projectile (Y-gun); Propulsion three 660hp gasoline engines, three shafts.

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SC-64 62k SC-330, SC-412 and SC-64. .
SC-64 125k SC-64 underway in a New York area harbor, 1918. Ships in the immediate background are (from left to right): USS Bailey (Torpedo Boat No. 21); USS Tarantula (SP-124); USS Sabalo (SP-225); A Bagley class torpedo boat; and USS SC-55.
U.S. Navy photo NH 59816		 Naval Historical Center
SC-64 102k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
SC-64 47k c. 1930s
SC-432, SC-64 and SC-412 at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL.		 .
There is no DANFS history available for SC-64
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