The was a large class of submarine chasers built during World War I for the United States Navy. They were ordered in very large numbers in order to combat attacks by German U-boats, with 442 vessels built from 1917 to 1919. This article lists details of the seventh group of 50 ships of the class.
Ships Number Builder Commissioned Fate NotesPuget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 29 April 1917 Sold 10 April 1922 Based at Azores during war.Fishing boat Silver Screen 1927Puget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 11 January 1918 Sold to Cuban Navy 9 November 1918 as No. 2 Used for coastguard duties 1931.Scrapped 1950sPuget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 4 May 1918 Sold 25 September 1922. Operated off Mexican coast during war. Puget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 4 May 1918Sold 8 April 1922.Operated off Mexican coast during war.Puget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 11 May 1918 Sold 10 April 1922. Puget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 27 February 1918 Sold to Department of Justice 17 December 1930. Named McDowell in DoJ service and operated at Alcatraz Federal PenitentiaryPuget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington11 May 1918 To Department of War 26 June 1920. Puget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington23 February 1918 Sold 25 September 1922.To Canada 1930 and named Hurry Home Renamed Marauder in 1938. To Royal Canadian Navy 1939, commissioned into Fisherman's Reserve as HMCS Marauder with pennant number FY03 Sold 1949Foundered 18 December 1951 off British ColumbiaPuget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 18 May 1918 Sold 20 January 1921.Based in Alaska during war 1920 yacht ReindeerTo Canada 1925 and renamed CoreseusRenamed Evelina M 1938Renamed Xanadu 1946Renamed Araucano 1975Renamed Duchess of Bremerton 1991Scrapped 2001Puget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 18 May 1918 Sold 4 February 1922.Based in Alaska during war To Canada 1922,Renamed Trucilla 1923Still extant 1959Puget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 18 May 1918 Sold to Cuban Navy 5 November 1918 as No. 3 Used for coastguard duties 1931.Scrapped 1950sPuget Sound Naval ShipyardPuget Sound, Washington 18 May 1918 Sold to Cuban Navy 5 November 1918 as No. 4 Used for coastguard duties 1931.Scrapped 1950s Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx 5 October 1918 To France as C-45.Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx 22 December 1917 To France as C-27.Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx 11 January 1917 To France as C-19. Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx 11 January 1917 To France as C-20. Robert Jacob City Island, Bronx 11 January 1917 To France as C-21.Luders Marine Construction CompanyStamford, Connecticut 22 December 1917 To France as C-28. Luders Marine Construction CompanyStamford, Connecticut 22 December 1917To France Disappeared at sea during delivery to France 18 January 1918.Luders Marine Construction CompanyStamford, Connecticut 1 December 1917 Sold 7 July 1927.Operated in Gulf of Mexico during warLuders Marine Construction CompanyStamford, Connecticut 8 January 1918 Sold 18 February 1920.Based at Plymouth, England and Harwich during war.Luders Marine Construction CompanyStamford, Connecticut 7 March 1918 Sold 8 March 1922 Based at Plymouth, England and Brest, France during warKyle & PurdyCity Island, Bronx 5 December 1917 Sold 11 May 1922. Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland during warYacht 323 from 1921, freight boat from 1935Kyle & PurdyCity Island, Bronx13 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921 Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.Kyle & PurdyCity Island, Bronx13 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921 Based at Plymouth, England during war/Kyle & PurdyCity Island, Bronx 14 November 1917 Sold 8 November 1935 Fishing boat North Sea in 1948Kyle & PurdyCity Island, Bronx 10 December 1917 To Italy June 1919 Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.Great Lakes Boat BuildingMilwaukee, Wisconsin 20 October 1917 Sold 8 November 1935Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919, based at Kirkwall.Fishing boat Sea Roamer 1937Renamed Katherine & Mary 1948Foundered off New Jersey coast 28 May 1955Great Lakes Boat BuildingMilwaukee, Wisconsin 20 October 1917 Sold 25 September 1922 Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war, and took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919Yacht Siwash III in 1923. Burger Boat CompanyManitowoc, Wisconsin 8 February 1918 To War Shipping Administration for disposal 8 October 1946 Based at Gibraltar during warAssigned Hull number PC-330 in 1920 and used as Naval Reserve training vessel in US MidwestRedesignated SC-330 April 1943 Smith & WilliamsSalisbury, Maryland 13 March 1918 Sold 29 April 1921Based at Gibraltar during war Smith & WilliamsSalisbury, Maryland 13 March 1918 Sold 29 January 1924Based at Gibraltar postwarBarret ShipbuildingMobile, Alabama 26 January 1918 To US Coast Guard 4 February 1920 as USCGC Deering Sold by Coast Guard 2 October 1922Freighter Houtex 1931Registered as tug 1935 Barret ShipbuildingMobile, Alabama 4 March 1918 To US Coast Guard 4 February 1920 as USCGC Talley Sold by Coast Guard 2 October 1922Pilot boat Houston Pilot No. 2 1927Still extant 1935Barret ShipbuildingMobile, Alabama To US Coast Guard 22 November 1919 as USCGC Cygan Served with Coast Guard at Key West, San Francisco, and AlaskaDecommissioned 20 May 1936Barret ShipbuildingMobile, Alabama 6 May 1918 Sold 30 October 1920 to City of New OrleansL. E. Fry & CoClayton, New York 24 December 1917 Sold 24 June 1921.Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage.L. E. Fry & CoClayton, New York 24 December 1917 Sold 19 September 1922.Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage. American Car and FoundryClayton, New York 16 February 1918 Lost 19 September 1919 Grounded at Key West during 1919 Florida Keys hurricaneMachinery and fittings salvaged, remains sold for scrap 25 January 1921 American Car and FoundryClayton, New York 16 February 1918 Lost 6 October 1923Based in Azores during war. Destroyed by fire off Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands American Car and FoundryClayton, New York 22 March 1918 Sold 5 April 1927 Based in Azores during war.American Car and FoundryClayton, New York 15 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war Took part in sweeping of Northern Barrage in 1919American Car and FoundryClayton, New York 15 March 1918 Lost 15 May 1919 Based at Plymouth, England during warDestroyed by fire at Ireland Island, BermudaAmerican Car and FoundryClayton, New York 23 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921.Based at Plymouth, England during warAmerican Car and FoundryClayton, New York 25 March 1918 Sold 26 May 1921.Based at Plymouth, England during war American Car and FoundryClayton, New York 25 March 1918 Sold 28 April 1920.Based at Plymouth, England and Queenstown, Ireland during war College Point BoatCollege Point, Queens 11 January 1917 To France as C-18 College Point BoatCollege Point, Queens 11 January 1917 To France as C-12 College Point BoatCollege Point, Queens 14 November 1917 Sold 26 May 1921.Based at Corfu during war and served on Otranto Barrage. Fishing boat Sonia 1927 College Point BoatCollege Point, Queens 30 March 1918 To France as C-30
See also List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-1 to SC-50) List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-51 to SC-100) List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-101 to SC-150) List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-151 to SC-200) List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-201 to SC-250) List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-251 to SC-300) List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-351 to SC-400) List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-401 to SC-448)
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