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SC-434



Call sign (Early 1919):
George - Have - Quack - Nan

Call sign (Late 1919):
Nan - Item - Quack - Nan

Manchonoch call sign (1920):
Mike - Boy - Quack - Watch
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by Alexander McDonald, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-434, 11 January 1919
  • Sold 22 April 1920 to Clarence Hungerford Mackay of New York, NY for use as the yacht Manchonoch
  • Registered in 1931 to William Caldwell of Atlantic City, NJ as the fishing boat Manchonoch
  • Registered in 1933 to Eliga C. Craig of Pleasantville, NJ as the fishing boat Manchonoch
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 77 t.
    1926 - 88 t.
    1933 - 77 t.
  • Length 110'
    1926 - 104.3'
  • Beam 13' 6"
    1926 - 14.9'
  • Draft 6' 3"
    1926 - 8.3'
    1933 - 8.8'
  • Speed 18 kts.
    1920 - Reduced to 14 kts.
  • Complement 17
    1920 - Seven
    1931 - Eight
    1933 - Five
  • 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
    1920 - Removed center engine and shaft.
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