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SC-429



Call sign:
George - Have - Quack - Fox

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Item - Quack - George

Call sign (1924):
Nan - Able - Quack - Vice
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down by the Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ
  • Delivered 28 December 1918
  • Commissioned USS SC-429, 8 January 1919
  • Sold 26 May 1921 to H. A. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA
  • Registered in 1926 to H. Alberto of Tampa, FL as the freighter Explorer
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 77 t.
    1926 - 78 T.
  • Length 110'
    1926 - 104.6'
  • Beam 13' 6"
    1926 - 14.7'
  • Draft 6' 3"
    1926 - 7.9'
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 17
    1926 - Six
  • 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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