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SC-232



Call sign:
George - Cast - Boy - Rush

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

  • Laid down by the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Co., Morris Heights, NY
  • Commissioned 8 February 1918
  • Sold 12 December 1923 to the Roanoke Dock Co. of Norfolk, VA
  • 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.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-232 179k c. 1919
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 42591    		 Mike Green
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Walter S. Dayton, USNRF1918
    02ENS Sidney H. Giffen, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-232
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