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SC-287


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 9, 15, 18, 25 and 28 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; Sold, 25 February 1924 to the United Fruit Co., Panama City, Republic of Panama. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 85 t; Length 110"; Beam 14' 8.75"; Max Draft (fl) 5' 8"; Speed 18kts; Armament one single 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, one dcp "Y Gun"; Complement two officers, 25 enlisted; Endurance 1,000 nm @ 12 kts; Propulsion, three Standard 660 hp gasoline engines, three screws.


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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. Darryl L. Baker
Agamemnon 85k Agamemnon (ID 3004) arriving in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, circa late 1918 or the first part of 1919, returning the U.S. Army's 102nd Infantry from Europe. USS SC-287 is at left.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 57479
Naval Historical Center

There is no DANFS history available for SC-287
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Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II
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