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SC-235



Call sign:
George - Cast - Boy - Vice

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

  • Laid down by the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Co., Morris Heights, NY
  • Commissioned 2 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 6-pounder, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-235 175k Photo from U.S. Small Combatants: An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman Robert Hurst
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Richardson W. Dow, USNRF1918
    02ENS William J. Cruickshank, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-235
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