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SC-220



Call sign:
George - Cast - Boy - Jig
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down in 1917 by the Newcomb Lifeboat Co., Hampton, VA
  • Commissioned 13 March 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • 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 "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    SC-45 112k SC-220, SC-221 in foreground left to right (skipping the lefthand chasers that has no visible hull number), SC-46,
    SC-47, SC-45     and SC-323 in background left to right).
    Photo courtesy of Al Tilley     		The Sub Chaser Archives
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-220
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