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SC-239



Call sign:
George - Cast - Dog - Have

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

  • Laid down by the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Co., Morris Heights, NY
  • Commissioned USS SC-239, 19 March 1918
  • Sold 24 June 1921 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Registered in 1927 to William A. Godfrey of New York, NY as the yacht Emma S
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
    1927 - 79 t.
  • Length 110'
    1927 - 104.3'
  • Beam 13' 6"
    1927 - 14.9'
  • Draft 6' 3"
    1927 - 8.3'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 17
    1927 - Four
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns and one Y-gun depth charge projector
  • Propulsion: Three 220shp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts
    1927 - Center engine and shaft removed.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-239 137k "Fireman DK"
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Albert R. Byron, USNRF1918
    02ENS James E. Hooper, USNRF1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-239
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