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SC-101

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down in 1917 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ; Commissioned USS SC-101, 2 March 1918; Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA; Sold to Steve Wischerth of Brooklyn, NY and named Fidus; Sold in 1944 to Lester Baletti of Hoboken, NJ and renamed Palace II; Renamed Whitby III; Scrapped in 1970.

Specifications: Displacement 99 t; Length 110'; Beam 13' 6"; Draft 6' 3"; Speed 21 kts.; Complement 17; Armament one 3"/23 mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projectile (Y-gun); Propulsion three Hall Scott gasoline engines, three shafts.

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Fishing Boat Fidus
SC-101 91k c. 1938
Seen here as the Fidus		 Mel's Place
Fishing Boat Whitby III
SC-101 77k c. 1960
Seen here as the Whitby III		 Mel's Place
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