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SC-3



Call sign:
NOBD
Nan - Oboe - Boy - Dog
Visual call letters:
BQ
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, 30 October 1917
  • 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
  • Sold to Cuba Products Co., New Orleans, LA, 04 October 1920

    Acquired in 1921 by John J. Ryan of New Orleans and named Blue Ridge

  • 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 & 3
    1215000302    		 90k Underway at Charleston, SC.
    Photo from the collection of subchaser crewman Benjamin Lihue (Hugh) Gray. Thanks to his grandson, Gary McGraw    		 The Subchaser Archives
    SC-2
    1215000302    		 172k Moored alongside the decommissioned cruiser Cincinnati (C-7) at New Orleans between April 1919 and April 1920. The cruiser still wears its World War I camouflage, but its funnels have been removed.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 42544    		 Joe Radigan / Robert Hurst
    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. Joe Radigan
    SC-2 & 3
    1215000203    		 124k
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Henry Robert Alker, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-3
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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