List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-251 to SC-300)

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 sixth group of 50 ships of the class.

Ships

Number	Builder	Commissioned	Fate	Notes
USS SC-251	Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co. Camden, Maine	29 December 1917	Sold 19 May 1923.[1][2]	Based at Azores during war.[3]
USS SC-252	Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co. Camden, Maine	7 March 1918	Sold 8 September 1936[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-253	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	7 March 1918	Sold 9 December 1922.[1][2]	Based at Gibraltar during war[3]
USS SC-254	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	15 November 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown (now Cobh) during war, and took part in clearing of North Sea Mine Barrage post war.[4]
USS SC-255	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	19 November 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Corfu during war.[3]
USS SC-256	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	19 November 1917	Destroyed by fire 1 November 1919.[1][2]	Based at Corfu during war.[3]
USS SC-257	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	28 November 1917	Sold 25 February 1922.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-258	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	28 November 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war[3] Named Liberty II in civilian ownership. Re-acquired by War Shipping Administration 19 November 1942 To US Coast Guard as USCGC Belleville (WPC-372) 20 March 1943, decommissioned 30 June 1945. Disposed via War Shipping Administration 2 May 1946.[5][6]
USS SC-259	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	15 December 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-260	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	12 January 1918	Sold 14 October 1924.[1][2]
USS SC-261	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	9 February 1918	Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-262	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	9 February 1918	Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-263	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	9 February 1918	Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-264	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	9 February 1918	Sold 20 December 1921.[1][2]	Deployed to Azores during war.[3]
USS SC-265	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	9 February 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-266	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	1 April 1918	Sold 25 January 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-267	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	5 April 1918	To War Department 18 September 1919.[1][2]
USS SC-268	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	1 April 1918	To US Coast Guard 17 January 1919 as USCGC Adams.[1][2][7]	Used by USCG Academy.[8] Sold 25 May 1922.[7]
USS SC-269	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	1 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-270	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	1 April 1918	Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2]	Based at Gibraltar during war[3]
USS SC-271	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	1 April 1918	Sold 18 June 1934.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-272	George Lawley & Son Neponset, Boston	7 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war[3]
USS SC-273	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	26 March 1918	Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-274	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	30 March 1918	To Cuba 5 November 1918 as No. 1.[1][2][9]	Still in use for coastguard duties in 1931.[9]
USS SC-275	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	30 March 1918	To War Department 9 December 1919[1][2]
USS SC-276	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	9 April 1918	To War Department 9 December 1919[1][2]
USS SC-277	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	9 April 1918	Sold 25 September 1922[1][2]	Based at Azores during war.[3]
USS SC-278	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	30 March 1918	Sold 25 September 1922[1][2]	Based at Azores during war.[3]
USS SC-279	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	18 April 1918	To War Department 2 October 1919[1][2]	Sold 1922 and named Ekwood and later Stranger Re-acquired by US Navy in November 1942 as YP-594, used by West Coast Sound Training School, San Diego Out of service December 1944. Sold via War Shipping Organization November 1945. Civilian Stranger - lost 17 July 1948.[10]
USS SC-280	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	18 April 1918	To War Department 6 October 1919[1][2]
USS SC-281	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	18 April 1918	To War Department 6 October 1919[1][2]
USS SC-282	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	22 April 1918	Lost at sea 11 June 1920.[1][2]
USS SC-283	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	22 April 1918	Sold 13 March 1922[1][2]
USS SC-284	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	22 April 1918	Sold 24 March 1923[1][2]
USS SC-285	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	22 April 1918	Sold 25 March 1927[1][2]
USS SC-286	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	6 May 1918	Sold 13 March 1922[1][2]
USS SC-287	Mare Island Naval Shipyard Mare Island, California	6 May 1918	Sold 25 February 1924.[1][2]
USS SC-288	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	19 June 1918	Sold 13 March 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-289	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	19 June 1918	Sold 13 January 1921.[1]
USS SC-290	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	19 June 1918	Sold 9 May 1921[1][2]
USS SC-291	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	27 March 1918	Sold 3 September 1920[1][2]	Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11]
USS SC-292	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	27 March 1918	Sold 3 May 1921[1][2]	Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11]
USS SC-293	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	13 March 1918	Sold 6 February 1922[1][2]	Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11] To Canada in civilian service. Named Etta Mac in 1931, Grant Lindsay in 1953 and Debbie Kathleen K. in 1965. Destroyed by fire 1 July 1967.[12]
USS SC-294	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	25 March 1918	Sold 13 March 1922.[1][2]	Took part in rescue operations when the transport USS Northern Pacific ran aground on Fire Island 1 January 1919.[11] Yacht Tenino 1922, renamed Pandora 1927. Freighter Monterey, 1940 Acquired US Navy as YP-401 and transferred to Coast Guard 22 January 1944. Returned to Navy 24 October 1945 Civil Monterey, 1946. Yacht 1949 and fishing boat 1953. Still extant 1970.[13]
USS SC-295	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	13 April 1918	Sold 10 April 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-296	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	13 April 1918	Sold 3 September 1920.[1][2]	Named Conquista 1920[14]
USS SC-297	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	13 April 1918	Sold 25 September 1920.[1][2]
USS SC-298	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	13 April 1918	Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-299	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	25 April 1918	Sold 25 September 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-300	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Puget Sound, Washington	25 April 1918	Sold 22 June 1921.[1][2]

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

References

1. "SC-209 - SC-300". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
2. Friedman 1987, p. 472
3. Nutting 1920, p. 178
4. "Hull Number: SC 2543". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
5. Flynn 2014, p. 5
6. Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Belleville (WPC 372) ex-USS SC-258". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
7. Flynn 2014, p. 4
8. Radigan, Joseph M. "USCGC Adams ex-USS SC-268". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
9. Parkes 1931, p. 137
10. Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-594 ex-U.S. Army Artillery Steamer V-8 ex-USS SC-279". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
11. Koppel, Motor Boating February 1919, p. 14
12. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-293". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
13. Radigan, Joseph M. "YP-401 ex-SC-294". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
14. Radigan, Joseph M. "SC-296". NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Retrieved 9 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.
• Koppel, Harwood. "Motor Boats Rescue Thousands of Soldiers". Motor Boating. Vol. 23 no. February 1919. New York. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
• Parkes, Oscar, ed. (1973) [First published 1931 by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd: London]. Jane's Fighting Ships 1931 (reprint ed.). David & Charles (Publishers) Limited. ISBN 0-7153-5849-9.
• Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.