List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-201 to SC-250)

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 fifth group of 50 ships of the class.

Ships

Number	Builder	Commissioned	Fate	Notes
USS SC-201	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	23 April 1918	Sold 6 June 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-202	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	23 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921[1][2]
USS SC-203	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	25 April 1918	To US Coast Guard 21 November 1919 as USCGC Larsen.[2][3]	Decommissioned 1 January 1923, sold 11 January 1923.[3]
USS SC-204	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	25 April 1918	Sold 27 July 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-205	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	25 April 1918	Sold 3 September 1920[2]
USS SC-206	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	25 April 1918	Sold 1 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England[4] and Queenstown, Ireland during World War I.[5]
USS SC-207	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	26 April 1918	Sold 21 April 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war[4] and took part in post war minesweeping operations in North Sea.[6]
USS SC-208	General Shipbuilding & Aero Corp. Alexandria, Virginia	15 May 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war[4] and took part in post war minesweeping operations in North Sea.[7]
USS SC-209	Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey	March 1918	Sunk 27 August 1918.[1][2]	Sunk by gunfire by the cargo ship Felix Taussig, south of Long Island after Felix Taussig mistook her for an enemy submarine. Eighteen members of SC-209′s died.[8][9]
USS SC-210	Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey	18 March 1918	Sold 23 April 1930.[1][2]	Served at Gibraltar during war.[4]
USS SC-211	Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey	28 November 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served in Azores during war.[4]
USS SC-212	Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey	15 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served at Gibraltar during war.[4]
USS SC-213	Mathis Yacht Building Company Camden, New Jersey	18 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served in Azores during war.[4]
USS SC-214	Alex McDonald Mariners Harbor, Staten Island	1 December 1917	Sold 21 February 1927.[1][2]	Served at Gibraltar during war.[4]
USS SC-215	Alex McDonald Mariners Harbor, Staten Island	24 December 1917	Sold 28 June 1919[1][2]	Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-216	Alex McDonald Mariners Harbor, Staten Island	14 February 1918	Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2]	Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-217	Alex McDonald Mariners Harbor, Staten Island	19 February 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-218	Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia	9 February 1918	Sold 21 July 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-219	Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia	19 February 1918	Destroyed in fire 9 October 1918.[1][2]
USS SC-220	Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia	13 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war.[4]
USS SC-221	Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia	13 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war.[4]
USS SC-222	Newcomb Lifeboat Company Hampton, Virginia	13 March 1918	Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war.[4][10]
USS SC-223	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	5 December 1917	Sold 18 March 1936.[1][2]	Served at Gibraltar during war.[4] Used for survey duties around Cuba during 1920s.[11]
USS SC-224	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	27 October 1917	Sold 8 September 1936.[1][2]	Based at Brest, France and Plymouth, England during war.[4][12]
USS SC-225	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	10 December 1917	Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]	Based at Corfu and served on Otranto patrol.[4][13]
USS SC-226	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	24 December 1917	Sold 20 July 1921.[1][2]	Based at Bordeaux during war.[4] Used as fishing boat with name By Gar.[14]
USS SC-227	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	24 December 1917	Sold 14 October 1924.[1][2]	Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-228	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	23 January 1918	Sold 20 July 1921.[1][2]	Served at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and on minesweeping duties in North Sea after war.[15]
USS SC-229	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	23 January 1918	To US Coast Guard 14 August 1942 as USCGC Boone (WPC-335).[2][16]	Decommissioned 6 June 1945. Disposed of 8 March 1946[16]
USS SC-230	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	8 February 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-231	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	8 February 1918	To US Coast Guard 14 August 1942 as USCGC Blaze (WPC-336).[2][16]	Decommissioned 25 September 1944. Disposed of 8 March 1946[16]
USS SC-232	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	8 February 1918	Sold 12 December 1923.[1][2]
USS SC-233	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	21 February 1918	To US War Department 2 September 1919[1][2]
USS SC-234	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	21 February 1918	To US War Department 2 September 1919[1][2]
USS SC-235	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	2 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-236	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	2 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-237	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	7 March 1918	Sold 18 May 1923.[1][2]
USS SC-238	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	12 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Re-acquired by War Shipping Administration 1943 To US Coast Guard as USCGC Bowstring (WPC-365) 7 July 1943. Decommissioned 23 December 1944. Disposed of 6 January 1946.[16][17]
USS SC-239	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	19 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-240	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	20 March 1918	Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-241	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	8 April 1918	Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-242	New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co. Morris Heights, Bronx	8 April 1918	Sold 11 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-243	Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York	11 January 1917	To France as C-17[1][2]
USS SC-244	Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York	10 December 1917	Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2]	Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-245	Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York	7 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18]	Served on East coast of US.[19]
USS SC-246	Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York	7 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18]
USS SC-247	Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York	20 March 1918	Sold 11 May 1921.[2][18]
USS SC-248	Eastern Shipyard Co. Greenport, New York	17 January 1918	Sold 28 June 1919.[2][18]	Based at Corfu during war.[4]
USS SC-249	Chance Marine Construction Co. Annapolis, Maryland	18 May 1918	To France as C-47.[2][18]
USS SC-250	Chance Marine Construction Co. Annapolis, Maryland	17 May 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[2][18]

See also

• List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-1 to SC-50)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-51 to SC-100)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-101 to SC-150)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-151 to SC-200)

References

1. Friedman 1987, p. 471
2. "SC-209 - SC-300". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
3. Flynn 2014, p. 4
4. Nutting 1920, p. 178
5. "Hull Number: SC 206". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
6. "Hull Number: SC 207". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
7. "Hull Number: SC 208". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
8. "Hull Number: SC 209". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
9. Galiano, Rich. "Sub Chaser SC-209". New Jersey Scuba Diving. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
10. "Hull Number: SC 222". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
11. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-223". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
12. "Hull Number: SC 224". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
13. "Hull Number: SC 225". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
14. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-226". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
15. "Hull Number: SC 128". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
16. Flynn 2014, p. 5
17. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-238". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
18. Friedman 1987, p. 472
19. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-245". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

• Flynn, Jim (2014). "U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft: Major Classes - 100-feet to 150 feet in length: 1915 to 2012" (PDF). US Coast Guard. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
• 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.
• Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.