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SC-252



Call sign:
George - Cast - Dog - Sail

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Oboe - Quack - Rush
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by the Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co., Camden, ME
  • Commissioned 7 March 1918
  • Sold 8 September 1936 to John Munson of Wildwood, NJ
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • 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-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
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Henry P. Bonnell, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)7 March 1918
    02ENS Joseph B. F. Gamage, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-252
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