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SC-338



Call sign:
George - Cast - Have - Jig

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Oboe - Xray - Cast
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down in 1917 by L. E. Fry and Co., Clayton, NY
  • Commissioned 24 December 1917
  • Sold 19 September 1922 to the Yacht and Motorboat Agency of Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • 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 screws.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-338 56k Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    SC-338 33k Corfu, Greece
    The large ship is USS Leonidas, the flagship of the fleet    		 The Sub Chaser Archives
    SC-338 220k Probably in a European or Turkish harbor, during or soon after World War I
    Photographed by Young
    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 107328    		 Tommy Trampp
    SC-338 122k c. 1918
    Spalato, Austria (today Split, Croatia)    		 David Wright
    SC-96 & SC-338 200k 4 July 1919
    Spalato, Yugoslavia (today Split, Croatia)
    Inboard of SC-96
    Photo from U.S. Small Combatants: An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman    		 Robert Hurst
    SC-338 107k c. September 1919
    Trau, Dalmatia (present day Trogir, Croatia)
    With landing party from USS Cowell (DD 167) embarked
    Photo taken from Cowell    		 Tommy Trampp
    SC-338
    1215033807    		 220k RPPC of SC-338 at "Postiri" (probably present day Postira, Croatia), circa 1919. Jay Milewski
    SC-338
    1215033806    		 220k RPPC of Italian boys diving for pennies at Gallipoli, Italy off S.C. 338, circa 1919-1920 Sergio Manna
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS John M. Beverly, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)24 December 1917 - 1918
    02LTJG George E. Tarbell, USN - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-338
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