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USCGC Adams (CGSC 268)
ex-USS SC-268



Call sign:
George - Cast - Fox - King

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Oboe - Rush - Pup


SC-268 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Built by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA
  • Commissioned USS SC-268, 1 April 1918
  • Transferred to the Coast Guard 17 January 1920, named USCGC Adams (CGSC 268) and delivered to the USCG Academy
  • Named for Cabin Steward James Jenkins Adams, USCG a member of the torpedoed USCGC Tampa, lost during World War I
  • Adams may have been the first African-American Coast Guardsman to have a ship named for him
  • Decommissioned 14 December 1920
  • Sold 25 May 1922 to the Connecticut Iron and Metal Co., for $900.00 (This includes price of USCGC Stellenwerf (CGSC 417), ex-USS SC-417)
  • 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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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-104 395k Inboard profile, inboard arrangement, deck plan, 110 foot U.S. submarine chaser
    U.S. Navy photo NH 83619    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Louis M. Watson, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-268
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