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SC-164



Call sign:
George - Boy - Tare - Pup

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

  • Built by Howard E. Wheeler, Brooklyn, NY
  • Commissioned 23 March 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • 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 shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-40 43k SC 40, SC 48 and SC 164 probably at Base 18, Inverness, Scotland
    T. Woofenden Collection    		 The Sub Chaser Archives
    SC-222 298k Original photo: Group of chasers, possibly at Brest, France. Left to right: SC 271, SC 164, SC 272, SC 343, SC 181, SC 222, SC 254, SC 356, SC 323, SC 206, SC 346. En route home or to post-war assignments. During the war all of these chasers served at Queenstown, Ireland (and most also served at Plymouth, England). After the war, half a dozen from this group went on to serve in the clearing of the North Sea mine barrage
    Replacement photo: c. 1918
    Group of chasers at Passage West, near Queenstown (Cobh), County Cork, Ireland    		 Original photo: The Sub Chaser Archives
    Replacement photo: Paul O'Farrell
    SC-48, 164, 208 & 356 160k c. 1919
    Inverness, Scotland
    Photo from "Cinderellas of the Fleet" by LTJG William Washburn Nutting, Construction Corps, USNRF    		 Joe Radigan
    SC-44 319k Photo from "Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage" by the U.S. Navy North Sea Minesweeping Detachment
    Swallow/Woodcock/Eider/Teal 256k Celebrating the return of the Atlantic Fleet Mine-Sweeping Detachment return to U.S. on 24 November 1919, and being reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. Ships identifiable here include: USS Woodcock (AM-14), USS SC-164, USS Eider (AM-17), USS SC-40, USS Swallow (AM-4), USS Teal (AM-23)
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 45238    		 Mike Green
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Edward L. Mathews, USNRF1918 - April 1919
    02LT Daniel W. Nelson, USN - Awarded the Navy Cross (1919)April 1919 - August 1919
    03ENS William T. McCargo, USN - Awarded the Navy Cross (1919)August 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-164
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