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SC-440
ex-PC-440



Call sign (1919):
George - Have - Quack - Watch
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by Howard E. Wheeler, Brooklyn, NY
  • Commissioned PC-440, 20 January 1919
  • Destroyed in August 1942
  • Reclassified SC-440 in April 1943.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 77 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-440 34k c. 1940
    Annapolis, MD.    		 Schoolhouse Trading Post
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-440
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