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SC-78

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, NY
  • Commissioned 14 November 1917
  • Sold in Italy in June 1919
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • Max Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • Armament: One single 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three Standard 220hp gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    SC-78
    1215007802    		 422k RPPC of sub chasers "at the base." Believed to be Corfu, Greece, circa 1919, with tender Leonidas moored in left background. SC-78 is the identifiable chaser in the lefthand nest, and SC-127 in the righthand. Jay Milewski
    SC-78, 40, 47, 143 & 110 191k Part of the hundreds of World War I submarine chasers tied up at the Port Newark Army Base, New Jersey, awaiting disposition, 13 May 1920. Those identified include: USS SC-78 (believed to be SC-178 as SC-78 was sold in June 1919 in Italy), USS SC-40, USS SC-47, USS SC-143, and USS SC-110
    Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969
    U.S. Navy photo NH 69166    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Robert McCullock, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-78
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