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SC-99

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down by the Elco Co., Bayonne, NJ; Commissioned USS SC-99, 3 March 1918. Later in that year she crossed the Atlantic to the European war zone. SC-99 returned to the United States in August 1919, was placed out of commission at New York City in September and stricken from the Navy list early in October of that year. Sold in April 1920, she was repossessed a few months later and resold 11 May 1921 to Frederick S. Bacon of New York. 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 Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.

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SC-99 102k Replenishing at sea while four days out from the Azores, circa 1918-1919. Ship alongside is possibly USS Hannibal (later AG-1), which was a submarine chaser tender at the time.
Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (MSC), 1973.
U.S. Navy photo NH 78197		 Naval Historical Center
SC-99 84k Underway in New York Harbor on 20 August 1919, upon their return from overseas service. The subchasers at left
are SC-99 and SC-227. The three in the middle are (in closest column) SC-98 and SC-137, with SC-271 in the farther column. Ships at right can not be identified.
U.S. Navy photo NH 83623		 Naval Historical Center
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