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SC-225



Call sign:
George - Tare - Love - Vice

Call sign (1924):
Nan - Oboe - Pup - Jig
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Co., Morris Heights, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-225, 10 December 1917
  • Sold for scrap 11 May 1921 to the C. P. Comerford Co. of Lowell, MA
  • Registered in 1926 to Fred J. Thompson of Gloucester, MA as the fishing boat Alden
  • Registered in 1927 to John R. Morashj of Gloucester as the fishing boat Alden
  • Registered in 1933 to Lemuel Firth of Gloucester as the Cod fishing boat Alden
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
    1926 - 79 t.
  • Length 110'
    1926 - 104.3'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
    1926 - 15'
  • Draft 5' 8"
    1926 - 8.1'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
    1926 - 15
    1927 - 14
    1933 - 11
  • Armament: One single 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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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    USS SC-225
    SC-225 34k SC 225 (left) and SC 327 (right) in convoy, most likely near Corfu, Greece, 1918 The Sub Chaser Archives
    SC-94, 256, 225, 94, 227 & 151 499k c. November 1918
    Villefranche, France
    Photo from The Splinter Fleet of the Otranto Barrage by Ray MillHolland    		 Tommy Trampp
    ex-SC-225
    SC-41, 244 & 225 175k Uncle Sam's first submarine chasers scrapped at Dorchester boat yard. Among them are SC-41, SC-244 and SC-225
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection    		 Boston Public Library
    SC-216, 225 & 41 245k c. 1921
    Dorchester Bay scrap yard
    SC-216, SC-225, SC-240, SC-41 and an unidentified subchaser awaiting scrapping
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection
    SC-225 & 241 306k c. 1921
    Dorchester Bay scrap yard
    SC-225 and SC-240 awaiting scrapping
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection
    SC-216 & 225 145k c. 1921
    Dorchester Bay scrap yard
    SC-216, SC-225 and an unidentified subchaser awaiting scrapping
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection    		 Mike Green
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Joseph L. Day, USN1918
    02LTJG(T) Elmer J. McCluen, USN - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-225
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