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SC-194



Call sign (1919):
George - Boy - Vice - Tare

Call sign (1924):
Nan - Oboe - Mike - Quack
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by the General Shipbuilding and Aero Corp., Alexandria, VA
  • Commissioned 5 April 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 9"
  • 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
  • Propulsion: Three 220bhp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-194 60k Matthew M. Peek, MA, CA
    Military Collection Archivist
    Special Collections
    State Archives of North Carolina
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Carl Liembach Kishman, USNRF1918
    02ENS Samuel H. Hobbs, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-194
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    Patrol Craft Sailors Association
    The Sub Chaser Archives
    by Todd Woofenden
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