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SC-110



Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - George - Vice
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser

  • Laid down at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC
  • Commissioned 30 March 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph A. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 99 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 13' 6"
  • Draft 6' 3"
  • Speed 17 kts.
  • Complement 26
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun 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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    SC-110 125k Photo from "Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage" by the U.S. Navy North Sea Minesweeping Detachment Joe Radigan
    SC-78, 40, 47, 143 & 110 191k Part of the hundreds of World War I submarine chasers tied up at the Port Newark Army Base, New Jersey, awaiting disposition, 13 May 1920. Those identified include: USS SC-78 (believed to be SC-178 as SC-78 was sold in June 1919 in Italy), USS SC-40, USS SC-47, USS SC-143, and USS SC-110
    Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969
    U.S. Navy photo NH 69166    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Photo added 7 July 2021
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-110
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