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SC-138



Call sign:
George - Boy - Sail - Rush

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Oboe - King - Love
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Built at Hodgdon Bros., East Boothbay, ME
  • Commissioned 24 January 1918
  • Sold 24 July 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • 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-223 122k At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, on 2 April 1918. The subchasers present include, from left to right: SC-223, SC-221, SC-136, SC-331, SC-332, SC-222, SC-89 or SC-189,
    SC-134, SC-133    , SC-138 (probably), SC-135, SC-91 or SC-191, and one boat whose number is not visible
    U.S. Navy photo NH 75528    		 Naval Historical Center
    SC-138 202k c. April 1919
    Members of the U.S. Army's 26th Division arrive in Boston aboard the Agamemnon (ID 3004) escorted by SC-138
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection    		 Boston Public Library
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Robert P. Kilner, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-138
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