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SC-274



Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - Rush - Xray


SC-274 served the Navies of the United States and Cuba
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA
  • Launched 6 July 1917
  • Sponsored by Miss Betty Hilliard, daughter of Naval Constructor and Mrs. R. B. Hilliard
  • Commissioned 30 March 1918
  • Conducted trial runs 30 March, 4 April and 6 April 1918
  • Departed Mare Island 7 April 1918
  • Sold to Cuba 5 November 1918
  • 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, one "Y Gun" depth charge projector
  • Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-273 - 277 72k 7 June 1917
    SC-273, SC-274, SC-275, SC-276, and SC-277 during construction at Mare Island, CA
    National Archives photo    		 Dan Treadwell
    SC-273 - 277 102k Sub chasers hull number SC 273 - 277 on the building ways at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1917. The shipyard built 15 sub chasers during WWI Darryl L. Baker
    SC-273 - 280 40k Eight of the 15 sub chasers built at Mare Island during WWI are shown in this 1918 photo being outfitted. The vessels shown are from right to left are: SC-280, 279, 278, 277, 276, 275, 274 and 273.
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-274
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