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SC-331


SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Built by the Smith and Williams Co., Salisbury, MD; Commissioned 13 March 1918; Sold 29 April 1921 to Jannis Thom, New Orleans, LA. 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 2 Officers, 25 Enlisted; Endurance 1000nm @ 12 kts; Propulsion, three 660 hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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Chestnut Hill 105k Chestnut Hill (ID 2526) refueling a submarine chaser (probably SC-331), at sea in October 1918, while she was escorting a group of submarine chasers from Bermuda to the Azores.
Collection of George K. Beach, who was a crewmember of USS SC-331 at the time.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99635
Naval Historical Center

There is no DANFS history available for SC-331
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