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SC-427



Call sign:
George - Have - Quack - Cast

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Item - Quack - Dog
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Built by the Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ
  • Commissioned 8 January 1919
  • Sold 17 August 1921 to Stuart G. Shepard of New York, NY
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 77 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 13' 6"
  • Draft 6' 3"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three 220shp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-427 67k 1 June 1919
    On the Delaware River.
    The Tom Woofenden Collection    		 The Sub Chaser Archives
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-427
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