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SC-35



Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - Boy - Zed
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-35, 23 January 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Registered in 1926 to Kenneth P. McNeil of Hamilton, RI as the fishing boat Naiad
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications

  • Displacement 85 t.
    1926 - 80 t.
  • Length 110'
    1926 - 104.4'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • Draft 5' 8"
    1926 - 8.1'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
    1926 - Six
  • Armament: One single 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three Standard 220hp gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-35
    SC-35 135k Under construction
    National Archives photo    		 Dan Treadwell
    SC-35 248k
    USS SC-35
    SC-35 128k Running at high speed during World War I, probably taken on a patrol in the English Channel
    Collection of Mr. Peter K. Connelly and loaned by Mr. William H. Davis, in 1967
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 64972    		 Mike Green
    SC-35, SC-81, SC-258, SC-137 & SC-41 365k “Cinderellas of the Fleet”- over 400 of these sub-chasers were built during the war. Manned mostly by American college men, they were intended primarily to guard the home shores. Many were sent across where they served effectively against the submarines.”
    SC-35 in the left foreground with SC-81 and SC-258 astern and SC-137 is on the right with SC-41 astern
    Photo from the publication “Forward Ho!” published by Disabled American Veterans Of The World War, 1917    		 Jim Geldert
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Charles K. Cobb, Jr., USN - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-35
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