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SC-278



Call sign:
George - Tare - Nan - Dog

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

  • Laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA
  • Launched 14 August 1917
  • Commissioned 30 March 1918
  • Conducted trial runs 2 - 4 April, 24 April, 29 - 30 April and 1 May 1918
  • Departed Mare Island 3 May 1918
  • Returned to Mare Island 14 December 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
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • Draft 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-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 Darryl L. Baker
    SC-273 512k USS Fairfax (DD 93), SC 273 and SC 278 at outfitting berth at Mare Island on March 1, 1918
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo 3825-3-1918
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Arthur H. Page, USNRF1918
    02ENS Russell B. Grotemat, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-278
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