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SC-337



Call sign:
George - Tare - Quack - Watch

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Oboe - Xray - Boy
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Built by L. E. Fry and Co., Clayton, NY
  • Commissioned 24 December 1917
  • Decommissioned 2 August 1919 at Charleston, SC
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • 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 screws.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Commander 75k In an icy harbor, probably in the New York City area, on 31 December 1917. USS Commander (SP 1247) is tied up alongside and a Pittsburgh class armored cruiser is partially visible in the immediate background
    U.S. Navy photo NH 100873    		 Naval Historical Center
    SC-252 409k c. 1918
    Ponta Delgada, Azores
    U.S. Navy submarine chasers in the harbor, seen from the south. Present are: SC-337, SC-125, SC-325, SC-349, SC-252, SC-323, SC-216, SC-220, SC-346, SC-345,
    SC-221, SC-87     and others
    Postcard photo. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN, (Ret), 1983
    U.S. Navy photo NH 95227    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Photo added 9 November 2020
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Andrew J. Kelley, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1920)24 December 1917
    02ENS Charles D. Smith, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1920)1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-337
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