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SC-190



Call sign (1919):
George - Boy - Vice - Pup

Call sign (1924):
Nan - Oboe - Mike - Love
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by the General Shipbuilding and Aero Corp., Alexandria, VA
  • Commissioned 13 March 1918
  • Sold 10 November 1921 to Thomas J. Peters of Miami, FL
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 9"
  • Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-104 395k Inboard profile, inboard arrangement, deck plan, 110 foot U.S. submarine chaser
    U.S. Navy photo NH 83619    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    SC-190
    1215019002    		 354k RPPC of SC-190 under tow, date and location unknown. Note the identification letters "AV" painted on her bow behind the hull number. Jay Milewski
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Walter A. Hall, Jr., USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)3 March 1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-190
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