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SC-134



Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - King - Fox

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
  • Commissioned USS SC-134, 13 March 1918
  • Sold 20 July 1921 to Henry A. Hitner Sons Co. of Philadelphia, PA
  • Registered in 1927 to the Menhaden Products Co. of Galveston, TX, c/o William Lewis Moody and Co. of Galveston as the fishing boat M. P. Co. No. 1
  • Registered in 1931 to E. E. Bailey of Houston, TX as the fishing boat M. P. Co. No. 1
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 99 t.
    1927 - 77 t.
  • Length 110'
    1927 - 105'
  • Beam 13' 6"
    1927 - 15'
  • Draft 6' 3"
    1927 - 7.2'
  • Complement 26
    1927 - Two
  • Speed 17 kts.
  • 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-134 109k Subchaser Archives
    SC-134 71k Joe Radigan

    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Richard N. Gary, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan

    There is no DANFS history available for SC-134
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