The SC-1 class was a large class of submarine chasers built during World War I for the United States Navy. They were ordered in very large numbers in order to combat attacks by German U-boats, with 442 vessels built from 1917 to 1919. This article lists details of the eighth group of 50 ships of the class.

Ships

NumberBuilderCommissionedFateNotes
USS SC-351College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		8 January 1918Sold 19 October 1920[1][2]Based at Plymouth and Bordeaux during war.[3][4]
USS SC-352College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921[1][2]Based at Plymouth during war.[3][5]
USS SC-353College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		20 March 1918Sold 18 March 1936.[1][2]Operated in European waters during war.
Redesignated PC-353 in 1920,and decommissioned same year.
Recommissioned as survey vessel operating in Cuban waters in 1922.[6]
USS SC-354College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		2 March 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Deployed to Arkhangelsk in North Russia in June–July 1918 along with SC-256 and SC-95.[7]
Renamed Frankie and Rose 1921
Fishing boat 353 in 1927
Fishing boat Frank W. Wilkisson in 1931.[8]
USS SC-355College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		12 March 1918Sold 13 March 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-356College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		8 April 1918Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]Based at Plymouth and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland during war
Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919[9]
USS SC-357College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		9 June 1918To France as C-54[2]
USS SC-358College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		9 June 1918To France as C-56[2]
USS SC-359College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		9 June 1918To France as C-60[2]
USS SC-360College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		27 September 1918To France as C-73[2]
USS SC-361College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		9 June 1918To France as C-57[2]
USS SC-362College Point Boat
College Point, Queens		9 June 1918To France as C-49[2]
USS SC-363Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey		9 June 1918To France as C-50[2]
USS SC-364Elco
Bayonne, New Jersey		9 June 1918To France as C-51[2]
USS SC-365Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida		9 June 1918To France as C-70.[2]
USS SC-366Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida		9 June 1918To France as C-71.[2]
USS SC-367Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida		9 June 1918To France as C-72.[2]
USS SC-368Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida		24 October 1918To France as C-95.[2]Still in service at start of World War II in 1939.[10][11]
Paid-off for scrap early 1940.[10]
USS SC-369Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida		24 October 1918To France as C-96.[2]
USS SC-370Gibbs Gas Engine Company
Jacksonville, Florida		24 October 1918To France as C-97.[2]
USS SC-371Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York		9 June 1918To France as C-61.[2]
USS SC-372Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York		9 June 1918To France as C-58.[2]Still in service at start of World War II in 1939.[10][11]
Paid-off for scrap early 1940.[10]
USS SC-373Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York		9 June 1918To France as C-62.[2]
USS SC-374Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York		9 June 1918To France as C-52.[2]
USS SC-375Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York		9 June 1918To France as C-55.[2]
USS SC-376Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		27 September 1918To France as C-74.[2]Still in service at start of World War II in 1939.[10][11]
Paid-off for scrap early 1940.[10]
USS SC-377Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		9 June 1918To France as C-59.[2]
USS SC-378Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		9 June 1918To France as C-63.[2]
USS SC-379Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		9 June 1918To France as C-73.[2]
USS SC-380Kyle & Purdy
City Island, Bronx		27 September 1918To France as C-75.[2]
USS SC-381Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey		9 June 1918To France as C-64.[2]
USS SC-382Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey		9 June 1918To France as C-69.[2]
USS SC-383Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey		27 September 1918To France as C-76.[2]
USS SC-384Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey		27 September 1918To France as C-77.[2]
USS SC-385Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey		24 October 1918To France as C-80.[2]
USS SC-386Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio		24 October 1918To France as C-64.[2]
USS SC-387Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio		24 October 1918To France as C-82.[2]
USS SC-388Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio		24 October 1918To France as C-90.[2]
USS SC-389Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio		24 October 1918To France as C-91.[12]
USS SC-390Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio		24 October 1918To France as C-92.[12]
USS SC-391Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio		24 October 1918To France as C-93.[12]
USS SC-392Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio		24 October 1918To France as C-89.[12]
USS SC-393New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx		9 June 1918To France as C-66.[12]
USS SC-394New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx		9 June 1918To France as C-65.[12]
USS SC-395New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx		9 June 1918To France as C-67.[12]
USS SC-396New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx		9 June 1918To France as C-68.[12]
USS SC-397New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx		27 September 1918To France as C-78.[12]
USS SC-398New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx		24 October 1918To France as C-79.[12]
USS SC-399New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx		24 October 1918To France as C-83.[12]
USS SC-400New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx		24 October 1918To France as C-86.[12]

See also

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "SC-301 - SC-400". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Friedman 1987, p. 473
  3. 1 2 Nutting 1920, p. 178
  4. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 351". The Subchaser Archives. 12 October 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 352". The Subchaser Archives. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "PC-353, ex SC-353". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Nutting 1920, pp. 116–127
  8. ↑ Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-354". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Hull Number: SC 356". The Subchaser Archives. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Le Masson 1969, p. 33
  11. 1 2 3 Couhat 1971, p. 110
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Friedman 1987, p. 474

References

  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1971). French Warships of World War II. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0153-7.
  • Friedman, Norman (1987). U.S. Small Combatants: Including PT-Boats, Subchasers and the Brown Water Navy: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Navy Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-713-5.
  • Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy: Volume Two. Navies of the Second World War. London. ISBN 0-356-02385-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.
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