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SC-2



Call sign:
NOBC
Nan - Oboe - Boy - Cast
Visual call letters:
BR
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-2, 08 January 1918
  • Assigned to the Special Hunting Squadron, USS Salem (Scout Cruiser No. 3) Group, against German submarines in the Gulf of Mexico, based at Key West, Florida
  • Postwar assigned to Eighth Naval District

    Registered in 1927 to the Lurline Fishing and Hunting Club of New Orleans as the yacht Lurline

  • Sold to City of New Orleans, 29 October 1930
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    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
    SC-2
    1215000201    		 501k Moored, date and location unknown (probably during Missisippi River cruise, summer 1919).
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 43601    		 Joe Radigan
    SC-2 & 3
    1215000202    		 124k Moored inboard of SC-3 at Cape Girardeau, MO, 19-21 June 1919. Submarine K-5 is moored outboard of SC-3, and converted yacht Isabel (SP-521) aft of the others.
    SC-2 & 3
    1215000203    		 124k
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Isador Anders Nordstrom, USNR - Awarded the Medal of Honor (1906)1918
    02ENS Earl Alonzo Mitchell, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-2
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    This page was created by Joseph M. Radigan and is maintained by David L. Wright
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    Last Updated 31 October 2025