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SC-240



Call sign:
George - Cast - Dog - Jig

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

  • Laid down by the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Co., Morris Heights, NY
  • Commissioned 20 March 1918
  • Sold for scrap 11 May 1921 to the C. P. Comerford Co. of Lowell, MA.

    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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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-41 135k c. 1921
    Dorchester Bay scrapyard
    SC-216, SC-225, SC-240, SC-41 and an unidentified subchaser awaiting scrapping
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection    		 Boston Public Library
    SC-241 & 244 335k c. 1921
    Dorchester Bay scrapyard
    SC-240 and SC-244 awaiting scrapping
    Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones collection
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Franklin E. Chester, USN1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-240
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