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SC-215



Call sign (1924):
Nan - Oboe - Nan - Tare
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by Alexander McDonald, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, NY
  • Commissioned 24 December 1917
  • Decommissioned 5 July 1919 at Venice, Italy
  • Sold to Greece 28 June 1919
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 9"
  • Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 26
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three 220bhp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    SC-215 247k Scott Bayles
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Wildon Augustus Ott, USN - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)24 December 1917 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-215
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