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SC-277



Call sign:
George - Tare - Nan - Cast

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Oboe - Sail - Cast
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA
  • Launched 31 July 1917
  • Commissioned USS SC-277, 9 April 1918
  • Conducted trial runs 11, 23 April and 29 April - 1 May 1918
  • Departed Mare Island 3 May 1918
  • Returned to Mare Island 17 October 1920
  • Decommissioned 15 June 1922
  • Sold 25 September 1922 to M. Levin and Sons of San Francisco, CA
  • Towed from Mare Island 28 November 1922
  • Registered in 1926 to C. F. Cline of San Pedro, CA as the fishing boat Eagle
  • Registered in 1927 to Simon Hansen of San Pedro as the fishing boat Eagle
  • Registered in 1931 to R. A. Theobald of Los Angeles, CA as the fishing boat Eagle
  • Registered in 1933 to Lloyd W. Olson of Los Angeles as the fishing boat Eagle
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
    1926 - 77 t.
  • Length 110'
    1926 - 105.1'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
    1926 - 14.5'
  • Draft 5' 8"
    1926 - 8.2'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
    1926 - One
    1931 - Eight
  • 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.
    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.
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Frank W. Peck, USNRF1918
    02LTJG Eric D. M. Pitman, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-277
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