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SC-1



Call sign:
NOBB
Nan - Oboe - Boy - Boy
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:
  • Built by Naval Station, New Orleans, LA
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned SC-1, 01 October 1917
  • Served at Plymouth, England (Base 27)
  • Later served at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland (Base 6)
  • Postwar assigned to Third Naval District
  • Sold to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Co., Philadelphia, PA, 20 July 1921
  • Registered to Alvina Isola, Hoboken, NJ as party fishing boat Reliable (ON 222710), 1922
  • Briefly registered to John H. Barry, Philadelpia, PA, as yacht Tonawanda, 1927
  • Registered to Alvina Baletti, Hoboken, NJ, as party boat Reliable, 1928
  • Registered to Anna Black, Elizabeth, NJ, 1931
  • Out of documentation, 1944
  • Registered to George Morehouse, Red Bank, NJ, as Reliable, 1946
  • Final disposition, burned about 8 miles from Barnegat Lightship, 05 July 1948
    Specifications:
    Hull Wood
    Displacement 85 tons
    Length 110; 0" overall
    Beam 14' 8.75"
    Draft 5' 8"
    Speed 18 knots
    Complement 27
    Armament
    one 3"/23 gun
    two .30 cal machine guns
    one "Y Gun" depth charge projector
    Propulsion
    three Standard gasoline engines
    three shafts, 660hp
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    USS SC-1
    SC-1
    1215000101    		 67k Submarine chasers SC-1, SC-345, and SC-344 tied up at a buoy at Salcombe, England during the First World War. These boats comprised Unit 1 at Plymouth, England, Base 27, and were engaged in ASW operations during the war.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 64971
    Original photo from the collection of Peter K. Connolly. Loaned by Mr. William H. Davis in 1977    		 Dan Treadwell
    SC-1
    1215000102    		 124k Moored outboard of SC-4 at Charleston, SC, exact date unknown.
    Photo from the collection of subchaser crewman Benjamin Lihue (Hugh) Gray. Thanks to his grandson, Gary McGraw    		 The Subchaser Archives
    Reliable
    SC-1
    1215000103    		 98k As converted to fishing vessel Reliable. The new owner removed her three Standard gas engines and replaced them with a single 135hp diesel.
    Photo from The Rudder, March 1925    		 Dave Wright
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Joseph Stephen Simmons, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-1
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    Last Updated 31 October 2025