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SC-145



Call sign:
George - Tare - King - Vice

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

  • Built by the Vinyard Shipbuilding Co., Milford, DE
  • Commissioned 13 March 1918
  • Sold 7 July 1921 to Frank H. Owen of Jacksonville, FL
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 99 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 13' 6"
  • Draft 6' 3"
  • Speed 17 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .30-cal machine guns and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three 220shp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-145 180k Courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1976
    U.S. Navy photo NH 84661    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Ralph W. Westcott, USNRF1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-145
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