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SC-133



Call sign:
Nan - Oboe - King - Dog
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
  • Commissioned 13 March 1918
  • Sold 20 July 1921 to Henry A. Hitner Sons Co. of Philadelphia, PA
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications

  • Displacement 85 t.
  • Length 110'
  • Beam 14' 8.75"
  • Max Draft (fl) 5' 8"
  • Speed 18 kts.
  • Complement 27
  • Armament: One single 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"
  • Propulsion: Three Standard 220hp gasoline engines, three shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-133
    1215013301    		 239k Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1977
    U.S. Navy photo NH 85402    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    SC-133
    1215013302    		 239k RPPC stern view of SC-133, date and location unknown. Dave Wright
    SC-223
    1215022301    		 122k At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, on 2 April 1918. The subchasers present include, from left to right: SC-223, SC-221, SC-136, SC-331, SC-332, SC-222, SC-89 or SC-189, SC-134, SC-133, SC-138 (probably), SC-135, SC-91 or SC-191, and one boat whose number is not visible
    U.S. Navy photo NH 75528
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Charles Russell Price, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-133
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