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SC-285


SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA; Launched 20 April 1918; Commissioned 2 May 1918; Conducted trial runs 2, 10, 14, 21 and 24 May 1918; Entered Dry Dock No. 2, 29 May - 3 June 1918; Conducted additional trial runs 4 June 1918; Departed Mare Island 7 June 1918; Sold, 25 March 1927 to C. S. Doney, Terminal Island, CA. 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-285 29k c. January - October 1923
SC-285 at the Coco Solo Submarine Base, Panama Canal Zone. Conning tower of USS R-26 (SS 103) is visable in the foreground.
Ric Hedman, TN(SS)
SC-285/SS-66 102k c. October 1923
SC-285 outboard of the Crane "Atlas" lifting the sunken USS O-5 (SS 66) at Coco Solo Submarine Base, Panama Canal Zone.
Ric Hedman, TN(SS)

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II
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