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SC-126



Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - Jig - Sail
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
  • Commissioned 14 January 1918
  • Grounded and sunk at Bermuda in March 1918
  • Salvaged and returned to duty
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • Max Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • 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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    SC-126 291k Joe Radigan
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Walter G. Thompson, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-126
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