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USCGC Ovesen (CGSC 199)

Call sign (1922):
George - Vice - King - Mike

ex-USS SC-199

Call sign (1919):
George - Boy - Watch - Have

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Oboe - Mike - Xray

SC-199 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

Built by the General Shipbuilding and Aero Corp., Alexandria, VA

Commissioned USS SC-199, 14 April 1918

Transferred to the Coast Guard 13 November 1919 at Norfolk, VA and named USCGC Ovesen (CGSC 199)

Named for Water Tender Martin M. Ovesen, USCG a member of crew of the USCGC Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on 16

September 1918. Ovesen was Posthumously awarded the Navy Cross

Sold 21 August 1923 to Charles A. Jording of Baltimore, MD

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 85 t.

Length 110'

Beam 14' 9"

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

Propulsion: Three 220bhp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.