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SC-56


SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Built in 1918 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY; Commissioned 6 May 1918; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner, Philadelphia, PA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). 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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SP-124 54k Tarantula (SP 124) is in the foreground.
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There is no DANFS history available for SC-57 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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