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SC-71

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Built by the Mathis Yacht Bulding Co., Camden, NJ; Commissioned USS SC-71, 28 March 1918. Used in connedction with efforts to salvage the submarine S-5 (SS 110). Sold 26 May 1921 to Henry A. Hitner Sons Co. of Philadelphia, PA. Sale to take effect when no longer required for salvage operations. Delivered to purchaser 19 September 1921. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 85 t; Length 110"; Beam 14' 9"; Draft 5' 8"; Speed 18 kts.; Armament one 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, one dcp "Y Gun"; Complement 26; Propulsion three Standard 660bhp gasoline engines, three shafts.

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Sea Gull 224k Tied up with Section Patrol Craft SP-544 at the Cape May Naval Base, Sewells Point, New Jersey, circa 1918. Ship in the backround is a Coast Guard Cutter, probably USCGC Morrill. A Curtiss HS-2L seaplane is taxiing by.
U.S. Navy photo NH 42452		 Naval Historical Center
Sea Gull 180k Tied up with Section Patrol Craft SP-544 at the Cape May Naval Base, Sewells Point landing pier, New Jersey, circa 1918. Ship in the backround is probably USCGC Morrill. A Curtiss HS-2L seaplane is taxiing by.
U.S. Navy photo NH 42453		 Naval Historical Center
Sea Gull 176k Tied up with Section Patrol Craft SP-544 at the Cape May Naval Base, Sewells Point landing pier, New Jersey, circa 1918. Ship in the backround is probably USCGC Morrill. A Curtiss HS-2L seaplane (Bureau A1419) has just taken off in the middle distance.
U.S. Navy photo NH 42454		 Naval Historical Center
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