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SC-127

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-127, 15 January 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Sold in 1924 to Elizabeth O. Douglas of Rowayton, CT, named Elizabeth Ann and operated as a ferry/mail boat between Newport and Block Island, RI and also from Stonington, CT to Point Judith, RI
    Her last trip was 3 March 1951
  • Registered in 1931 to Louis A. Round, Jr. of New London, CT as the miscellaneous vessel Elizabeth Ann
  • She burned at a dock in New London, CT.

    Specifications

  • Displacement 85 t.
    1927 - 77 t.
  • Length 110'
    1927 - 104.3'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
    1927 - 14.6'
  • Draft 5' 8"
    1927 - 7.9'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
    1927 - Two
  • 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
    Removed one main engine and shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    USS SC-127
    SC-127, SC-34 & SC-36 248k Moored inboard of SC-34 and SC-36
    National Archives photo    		 Dan Treadwell
    SC-127 25k .
    SC-127 91k American troops in Fiume, Hungary, aboard a Yankee Submarine Chaser
    National Archives photo
    SC-124, SC-127 & SC-125 86k 1 February 1919
    Three Yankee Submarine Chasers docked in harbor of Fiume, Hungary attract attention of spectators on waterfront
    SC-127 is moored between SC-124 and SC-125
    National Archives photo
    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-79
    1215007902    		 422k RPPC of sub chasers moored at Villefranche, France, probably on their way home from Corfu, 1919. L-R: SC-127, SC-255, SC-256 and SC-79. Jay Milewski
    Lizzie Ann
    SC-127 62k Leaving Block Island, RI Joe Radigan
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Arthur C. Little, USNRF15 January 1918
    02LTJG Winfield S. Linn, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)1918 - April 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-127
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