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U.S. Army Artillery Steamer V-10
ex-USS SC-275



Call sign:
George - Tare - Mike - Watch

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


SC-275 served both the U. S. Navy and the Army

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA
  • Launched 16 July 1917
  • Commissioned USS SC-275, 30 March 1918
  • Sponsored by Catherine Cheatham, daughter of Pay Inspector and Mrs. J. J. Cheatham
  • Conducted trial runs on 1 and 4 April 1918
  • Departed Mare Island 7 April 1918
  • Returned to Mare Island 5 September 1919
  • Decommissioned 11 October 1919 and transferred to the War Department
  • Placed aboard USAT South Bend 8 December 1919
  • Departed Mare Island 9 December 1919
  • Reclassified as Artillery Steamer, V-10
  • Donated the federal prison at McNeil Island, Washington and cannibalized for parts to keep their fleet of boats going.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
    1920 - 105'
  • Beam 17'
    1920 - 14.5'
  • Draft 6' 6" (fl)
    1920 - 9.2'
  • Speed 17 kts.
  • Complement 27
    1920 - Five
  • Armament: One 3"/23 mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector (Y-gun)
  • Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    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
    SC-275 150k Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA Perry Brake
    Steilacoom Historical Museum Association
    Photo Archivist
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Frank K. Wyatt, USNRF1918
    02LTJG Edward Van Pelt, USN1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-275
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