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SC-264



Call sign:
George - Cast - Fox - Boy

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

  • Laid down by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA
  • Commissioned USS SC-264, 9 February 1918
  • Sold 20 December 1921 to Steve Bellos of Mobile, AL
  • Registered in 1927 to Vincent S. Shakleton of West Palm Beach, FL as the yacht Floridian
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
    1927 - 105.1'
  • Beam 13' 6"
    1927 - 14.6'
  • Draft 6' 3"
    1927 - 8.4'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 17
    1927 - Three
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one Y-gun depth charge projector
  • Propulsion: Three 220shp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-104 395k Inboard profile, inboard arrangement, deck plan, 110 foot U.S. submarine chaser
    U.S. Navy photo NH 83619    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS William L. Atwater, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-264
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