List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-51 to SC-100)

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 second 50 ships of the class.

Ships

Number	Builder	Commissioned	Fate	Notes
USS SC-51	New York Navy Yard	23 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-52	New York Navy Yard	23 April 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-53	New York Navy Yard	30 April 1918	Scuttled by burning 1920.[1][2]
USS SC-54	New York Navy Yard	11 May 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-55	New York Navy Yard	3 November 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-56	New York Navy Yard	6 May 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-57	New York Navy Yard	6 May 1918	Sold 12 December 1935.[1][2]
USS SC-58	New York Navy Yard	6 May 1918	Burned 2 May 1919.[1][2]
USS SC-59	New York Navy Yard	11 May 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-60	New York Navy Yard	May 1918	Sunk in collision 1 October 1918.[1][2]	Sunk in collision with tanker off New York. 2 Killed.[3]
USS SC-61	New York Navy Yard	16 May 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served in North American waters during World War I, arriving at the Azores after the war's end.[4]
USS SC-62	New York Navy Yard	11 May 1918	Sold 6 March 1922.[1][2]	Based in Azores during the war.[5]
USS SC-63	New York Navy Yard	16 May 1918	Sold 22 July 1931.[1][2]	Based in Azores during the war.[5]
USS SC-64	New York Navy Yard	16 May 1918	Sold 11 March 1943.[1][2]	Based in Azores during the war.[5] Converted to water tanker. Renamed YW-97 on 30 November 1942.
USS SC-65	Mathis Yacht Building	1 November 1917	To France as C-13.[1][2]
USS SC-66	Mathis Yacht Building	1 November 1917	To France as C-14.[1][2]
USS SC-67	Mathis Yacht Building	22 December 1917	To France as C-22.[1][2]
USS SC-68	Mathis Yacht Building	15 March 1918	To US Coast Guard 15 January 1920 as USCGC Hansen.[1][2][6]	Sold 27 April 1927.[6]
USS SC-69	Mathis Yacht Building	16 February 1918	Sold 9 December 1922.[1][2]
USS SC-70	Mathis Yacht Building	16 February 1918	To US Coast Guard 15 January 1920 as USCGC Newbury[1][2][6]	Sold 11 December 1925.[6]
USS SC-71	Mathis Yacht Building	28 March 1918	Sold 26 May 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-72	Mathis Yacht Building	21 March 1918	Sold 4 November 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-73	Mathis Yacht Building	20 March 1918	Sold 26 May 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-74	Mathis Yacht Building	20 March 1918	Sold 26 May 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-75	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	1 November 1917	To France as C-16.[1][2]
USS SC-76	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	1 November 1917	To France as C-15.[1][2]
USS SC-77	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	5 December 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served in France during war.[7]
USS SC-78	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	14 November 1917	Sold June 1919.[1][2]	Served on Otranto Barrage.[8]
USS SC-79	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	5 December 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served in North American waters.[9]
USS SC-80	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	18 December 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served in Mediterranean.[10]
USS SC-81	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	18 December 1917	Sank 6 August 1920.[1][2]	Served in France during war.[11] Sunk near Charleston, South Carolina.[2]
USS SC-82	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	21 February 1918	Sold June 1919.[1][2]
USS SC-83	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	21 February 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war.[12]
USS SC-84	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	21 February 1918	Sank 6 August 1920.[1][2]	Sunk near Charleston, South Carolina.[2]
USS SC-85	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	21 February 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war.[13]
USS SC-86	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	21 February 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war.[14]
USS SC-87	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	21 February 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Based at Plymouth, England during war.[15]
USS SC-88	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	1 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-89	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston New York	1 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-90	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	14 November 1917	Sold 11 August 1920.[1][2]	Served on Otranto Barrage.[16]
USS SC-91	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	5 December 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served in European waters, based at Queenstown (now Cobh) and Plymouth.[17]
USS SC-92	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	5 December 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served on Otranto Barrage.[18]
USS SC-93	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	5 December 1917	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served on Otranto Barrage.[19]
USS SC-94	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	24 December 1917	Sold 1919.[1][2]	Served in Mediterranean, based at Corfu.[20]
USS SC-95	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	24 December 1917	Sold 1919.[1][2]	Deployed to Arkhangelsk in North Russia in June–July 1918 along with SC-256 and SC-354.[21]
USS SC-96	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	18 December 1917	Sold 4 March 1924.[1][2]	Served in Mediterranean, based at Corfu.[22]
USS SC-97	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	18 January 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served in European waters (based at Plymouth) during war.[23]
USS SC-98	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	19 February 1918	Sold 14 October 1924.[1][2]	Took part in minesweeping operations in North Sea in 1919.[24]
USS SC-99	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	3 March 1918	Sold 11 May 1921.[1][2]
USS SC-100	Elco Bayonne, New Jersey	2 March 1918	Sold 24 June 1921.[1][2]	Served in European waters (based at Plymouth) during war.[25]

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-101 to SC-150)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-151 to SC-200)
• List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-251 to SC-300)

References

1. Friedman 1987, p. 469
2. "SC-1 - SC-100". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
3. "Hull Number: SC 60". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
4. "Hull Number: SC 61". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
5. Nutting 1920, p. 178
6. Flynn 2014, p. 4
7. "Hull Number: SC 77". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
8. "Hull Number: SC 78". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
9. "Hull Number: SC 79". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
10. "Hull Number: SC 80". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
11. "Hull Number: SC 81". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
12. "Hull Number: SC 83". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
13. "Hull Number: SC 85". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
14. "Hull Number: SC 86". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
15. "Hull Number: SC 87". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
16. "Hull Number: SC 90". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
17. "Hull Number: SC 91". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
18. "Hull Number: SC 92". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
19. "Hull Number: SC 93". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
20. "Hull Number: SC 94". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
21. Nutting 1920, pp. 116–127
22. "Hull Number: SC 96". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
23. "Hull Number: SC 97". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
24. "Hull Number: SC 98". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
25. "Hull Number: SC 100". The Subchaser Archives. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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 10 March 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, New Jersey, US: The Standard Motor Construction Company.