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SC-286



Call sign:
George - Tare - Nan - Quack

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Oboe - Sail - Pup
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA
  • Launched 27 April 1918
  • Commissioned 6 May 1918
  • Conducted trial runs 7 - 8, 13, 20, 22 - 23 May 1918
  • Entered Dry Dock No. 2, 29 May - 3 June 1918
  • Conducted additional trial run 4 June 1918
  • Departed Mare Island 7 June 1918 for duty in Samoa
  • Decommissioned 28 August 1919 at Coco Solo, Canal Zone
  • Sold 13 March 1922 to the Colon Import and Export Co., Ltd., Colon, Republic of Panama
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • Draft 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-286 142k SC-286 being launched at Mare Island Navy Yard on 27 April 1918. She was the 14th sub chaser launched at the yard Darryl L. Baker
    SC-286/287 103k SC-287 being launched at Mare Island Navy Yard on 27 April 1918. She was the last of her type constructed at the yard. The just launched SC-286 can be seen on the right
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS N. M. Watkins, USNRF1918
    02ENS Arthur B. Rippey, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-286
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