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SC-236



Call sign:
George - Cast - Boy - Watch

Call sign (1924):
Nan - Oboe - Pup - Xray
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Co., Morris Heights, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-236, 2 March 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Registered in 1927 to David Hill of Washington, NC as the passenger vessel Annie Hill
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
    1927 - 78 t.
  • Length 110'
    1927 - 104.3'
  • Beam 14' 9"
  • Draft 5' 8"
    1927 - 8.6'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
    1927 - One
  • 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.
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    SC-236 135k Photos from the collection of SC 236 chaser crewman William F. Neurath, USNRF Bill Gonyo
    SC-236 141k
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-236
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