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SC-409



Call sign:
George - Have - Nan - Vice
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down in 1918 by the Chance Marine Construction Co., Annapolis, MD
  • Delivered 3 February 1919
  • SC-409 was never commissioned
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Sold to Harry Mogok of Cape May, NJ and named Vaud J. II
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 75 t.
  • Length 110"
  • Beam 13' 6"
  • Draft 6' 3"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three 220shp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    SC-409 73k c. 1940
    Seen here as the Vaud J. II    		 Mel's Place
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-409
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