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U.S. Army Artillery Steamer V-3
ex-USS SC-233



Call sign:
George - Cast - Boy - Sail

Call sign (1924):
Nan - Oboe - Pup - Sail


SC-233 served both the U. S. Navy and Army

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Co., Morris Heights, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-233, 21 February 1918
  • Transferred to the War Department 2 September 1919 and reclassified as Artillery Steamer, V-3
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
    1920 - 105'
  • Beam 17'
    1920 - 14.5'
  • Draft 6' 6" (fl)
    1920 - 9.2'
  • Speed 17 kts.
  • Complement 27
    1920 - Five
  • Armament: One 3"/23 mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one Y-gun depth charge projector
  • Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-223 222k c. 1918
    Chesapeake Bay, VA
    Seen from USS Iowa (BB 4)
    Collection of Commander H. H. Lippincott, ChC, USN
    U.S. Navy photo NH 86176    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Edward W. Wilson, USNRF1918
    Courtesy of Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-233
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    The Sub Chaser Archives
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