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SC-221



Call sign:
George - Cast - Boy - King

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

  • Laid down by the Newcomb Lifeboat Co., Hampton, VA
  • Commissioned 13 March 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 "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    SC-45 112k SC-220, SC-221 in foreground left to right (skipping the lefthand chasers that has no visible hull number), SC-46, SC-47, SC-45 and SC-323 in background left to right)
    Photo courtesy of Al Tilley     		The Sub Chaser Archives
    SC-223 122k At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, on 2 April 1918. The subchasers present include, from left to right: SC-223, SC-221, SC-136, SC-331, SC-332, SC-222, SC-89 or SC-189, SC-134, SC-133, SC-138 (probably), SC-135, SC-91 or SC-191, and one boat whose number is not visible
    U.S. Navy photo NH 75528    		 Naval Historical Center
    SC-252 409k c. 1918
    Ponta Delgada, Azores
    U.S. Navy submarine chasers in the harbor, seen from the south. Present are: SC-337, SC-125, SC-325, SC-349, SC-252, SC-323, SC-216, SC-220, SC-346, SC-345, SC-221, SC-87 and others
    Postcard photo. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN, (Ret), 1983
    U.S. Navy photo NH 95227    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Photo added 9 November 2020
    SC-91 73k c. 1919
    SC-221, SC-222, SC-323, SC-325, SC-220 and SC-91
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS George A. Ives, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)13 March 1918
    02ENS George H. McCready, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-221
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