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U.S. Army Artillery Steamer V-7
ex-USS SC-20



Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - Boy - Mike


SC-20 served both the U. S. Navy and Army

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-20, 18 October 1917
  • Transferred in 1920 to the War Department and reclassified Artillery Steamer V-7
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • Max Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • Armament: One single 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three Standard 220hp gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    SC-20 175k National Archives photo 165WGZ-K contributed by Dan Treadwell The Subchaser Archives
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Glenn E. Routier, USNRF1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-20
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