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SC-248


SC-248 served the Navies of the United States and Italy.

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 1917 by the Eastern Shipyard Co., Greenport, NY; Launched, (date unknown); Commissioned, 17 January 1918; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Sold to Italy, 28 June 1919; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 85 t; Length 110'; Beam 14' 8¾"; Draft 5' 8"; Speed 18 kts.; Complement 27; Armament one 3"/23, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one Y-gun; Propulsion three 660hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.


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SC-248 54k A post card showing SC-248 at Gibralter.
c. 1918
An unidentified SC is on the right.
Daniel Ferro

There is no DANFS history available for SC-248 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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