SC-1 class

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USS SC-71 at Cape May, ca.1918
USS SC-71 at Cape May , ca.1918
Overview
Type Submarine
units 448 planned, 441 built
period of service

1917 to 1922
(few boats also much longer)

Technical specifications
displacement

85  ts (standard)

length

approx. 34 meters

width

approx. 4.5 meters

Draft

about 1.7 meters

crew

17 to 27

drive

3 standard 660hp three-shaft petrol engines

speed

18  knots (33 km / h)

Range

1,000  nautical miles at 12 knots

Armament

3 "/ 23 -Geschütz,
two .30-cal machine gun,
Y depth charges -Werfer

The SC-1 class was the first class of anti-submarine boats ( S ubmarine c Haser ) of the United States Navy . It comprised a total of 441 boats (originally planned for 448, SC-1 to SC-448 ), which were built between 1917 and 1919 and used against German and Austrian submarines in the First World War .

The Navy dispatched 121 SC boats to Europe during the war , operating along the British and French coasts and in the Mediterranean near the Otranto lock ; 100 more boats were built for France . The remaining models in the class were responsible for securing the US east coast . In the course of the war nine boats (six American, three French) were lost, mainly due to accidents.

After the war ended, the majority of the boats were sold in 1921/22 (many to the metal dealer Joseph G. Hitner ) and probably scrapped shortly afterwards. Some models were used briefly by the US Coast Guard , four were given to Cuba . Few boats were still in service during the Second World War .

Ship list

List by manufacturer :

  • New York Navy Yard : SC-5 to SC-64 (60)
  • New York Yacht, Launch & Engine: SC-223 to SC-242, SC-393 to SC-402 (30)
  • Hiltebrant Dry Dock: SC-75 to SC-89, SC-371 to SC-375, SC-421 to SC-425 (25)
  • Mathis Yacht Building: SC-65 to SC-74, SC-209 to SC-213, SC-381 to SC-385, SC-426 to SC-430 (25)
  • Puget Sound Navy Yard : SC-288 through SC-312 (25)
  • Norfolk Navy Yard : SC-116 to SC-136 (21)
  • Elco : SC-90 to SC-105, SC-361 to SC-364 (20)
  • College Point Boat: SC-347 to SC-360, SC-413 to SC-418 (20)
  • General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp: SC-189 to SC-208 (20)
  • George Lawley & Sons: SC-253 to SC-272 (20)
  • The Matthews Boat Co: SC-169 to SC-178, SC-386 to SC-392, SC-431 to SC-433 (20)
  • Mare Island Navy Yard : SC-273 to SC-287 (15)
  • Howard E. Wheeler: SC-160 to SC-168, SC-439 to SC-442 (13)
  • Naval Station, New Orleans: SC-1 through SC-4, SC-114/115, SC-443 through SC-448 (12)
  • Gibbs Gas Engine: SC-151 to SC-155, SC-365 to SC-370 (11)
  • International Shipbuilding & Marine Engine: SC-179 to SC-188 (10)
  • Kyle & Purdy: SC-323 to SC-327, SC-376 to SC-380 (10)
  • American Car & Foundry: SC-339 to SC-346 (8)
  • Charleston Navy Yard : SC-106 through SC-113 (8)
  • Rocky River Dry Dock: SC-142/143, SC-403 to SC-406, SC-437/438 (8)
  • Alexander McDonald: SC-214 to SC-217, SC-434 to SC-436 (7)
  • Eastern Shipyard: SC-243 to SC-248 (6)
  • Luders Marine Construction: SC-318 to SC-322 (5)
  • Newcomb Lifeboat: SC-218 to SC-222 (5)
  • Robert Jacob: SC-313 to SC-317 (5)
  • Barret Shipbuilding: SC-333 to SC-336 (4)
  • Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co: SC-251/252, SC-407/408 (4)
  • Chance Marine Construction: SC-249/250, SC-409/410
  • FM Blount: SC-156 to SC-159 (4)
  • Great Lake Boat Building Corp: SC-328/329, SC-419/420 (4)
  • LE Fry & Co: SC-147/148, SC-337/338 (4)
  • Hodgdon Bros: SC-137 to SC-139 (3)
  • Vinyard Shipbuilding: SC-144 to SC-146 (3)
  • Clayton Ship & Boat Building: SC-411/412 (2)
  • Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works: SC-149/150 (2)
  • Hartman-Greiling: SC-140/141 (2)
  • Smith & Williams: SC-331/332 (2)
  • Burger Boat: SC-330 (1)

List by location:

  • built for France: SC-5, SC-7 to SC-16, SC-28 to SC-33, SC-65 to SC-67, SC-75/76, SC-140, SC-160 to SC-163, SC-169 to SC-176, SC-243, SC-249, SC-313 to SC-318, SC-347/348, SC-350, SC-358 to SC-402, SC-406
  • handed over to the US Coast Guard: SC-22 ( Quigley ), SC-27 ( Richards ), SC-68 ( Hansen ), SC-70 ( Newbury ), SC-152 ( Vaughan ), SC-153 ( Taylor ), SC -155 ( Smith ), SC-183 ( Tingard ), SC-197 ( Mehalatos ), SC-199 ( Ovesen ), SC-203 ( Larsen ), SC-229 ( Boone ), SC-231 ( Blaze ), SC- 238 ( Bowstring ), SC-258 ( Belleville ), SC-268 ( Adams ), SC-333 ( Deering ), SC-334 ( Talley ), SC-335 ( Cygan ), SC-415 ( Hahn ), SC-417 ( Stellenwerf ), SC-431 ( Knudson ), SC-433 ( Klingelhoefer ), SC-435 ( Johansson ), SC-437 ( Boyce ), SC-438 ( Cook / Bonneville )
  • sold to Cuba: SC-274, SC-302, SC-311, SC-312

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