List of SC-1-class subchasers (SC-401 to SC-448)


The was a large class of submarine chasers built during World War I for the United States Navy. They were ordered in very large numbers in order to combat attacks by German U-boats, with 442 vessels built from 1917 to 1919. This article lists details of the ninth group of 48 ships of the class.

Ships

NumberBuilderCommissionedFateNotes
New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
24 October 1918To France as C-98Took part in Dunkirk evacuation. Seized by UK in July 1940
Scrapped 1940
New York Yacht, Launch & Engine
Morris Heights, Bronx
24 October 1918To France as C-85
Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-87
Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-88
Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio
24 October 1918Renumbered SC-177Planned for transfer to France but damaged during grounding before delivery and swapped with SC-177.
Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio
24 October 1918To France as C-94
Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co
Camden, Maine
16 January 1919Sold 21 April 1920Yacht North Star 1927, Fishing boat 1931, Freighter 1933, Cod fishing boat 1937.
Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co
Camden, Maine
11 February 1919Sold 6 June 1922Never commissioned
Chance Marine Construction
Annapolis, Maryland
3 February 1918Sold 24 June 1922Never commissioned
Chance Marine Construction
Annapolis, Maryland
N/AN/ACancelled during construction
Clayton Ship & Boat Building Co
Clayton, New York
1 May 1919Sold 30 January 1920Named Brunette 1920, renamed Sentinel 1925, renamed Romance 1926
Extant 1954
Clayton Ship & Boat Building Co
Clayton, New York
1 May 1919Decommissioned 25 July 1945To Maritime Commission 7 August 1946
Fishing boat Joe-De-Mac 1948
Scrapped 1953
College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York
1919To War Department 30 April 1920Sold 24 June 1921
College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York
1919To War Department 2 September 1919Artillery Steamer V-1
Decommissioned 15 February 1920
College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York
8 January 1919To US Coast Guard 16 December 1919 as USCGC Hahn.Sold 29 January 1923
College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York
13 January 1919Sold 24 June 1921.
College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York
31 January 1919To US Coast Guard 16 December 1919 as USCGC Stellenwerf.Sold 25 May 1922
College Point Boat Corp.
College Point, New York
1919Sold 4 March 1920.
Great Lakes Boat Building Corp.
Milwaukee
22 November 1918Sold 27 April 1927.Naval Reserve training vessel
Great Lakes Boat Building Corp.
Milwaukee
1919Sold 3 February 1920.Opco 1920, Mareuilendole 1921
Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
1919Sold 24 June 1921.
Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
1919Sold 11 May 1921.Yacht Dorothy 1927
Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
1919Sold 11 May 1921.
Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
21 December 1918Sold 19 May 1921.Named Nelmore 1923, Freighter Noca 1927
Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.
Kingston, New York
23 December 1918Sold 11 May 1921.York 1923, Freight boat Cico 1927
Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
8 January 1919Sold 6 June 1922.
Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
8 January 1919Sold 17 August 1921.
Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
8 January 1919Loaned to City of Baltimore 16 May 1921.Used as fireboat with name Cascade by Baltimore. Returned to US Navy 1960.
Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
28 December 1918Sold 26 May 1921.Freighter Explorer 1926
Mathis Yacht Building
Camden, New Jersey
15 January 1919Sold 21 October 1921.Fishing boat Anna M 1931, Fishing boat Uncle John 1948
Matthews Boat Co.
Port Clinton, Ohio
29 October 1919To US Coast Guard on completion as USCGC Knudsen.Returned to US Navy 31 August 1921
To Maritime Commission for disposal 9 December 1946
Fishing boat Admiral 1948, renamed Sea Mist 1978
No records after 1984
Matthews Boat Co.
Port Clinton, Ohio
To Maritime Commission for disposal 27 July 1945-
Matthews Boat Co.
Port Clinton, Ohio
25 December 1918To US Coast Guard as USCGC Klingelhoefer 29 October 1919Returned to US Navy 31 August 1921
Scuttled Lake Ontario, 29 January 1938
Alexander McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island
11 January 1919Sold 22 April 1920Yacht Manchonoch 1920, Center engine removed
Fishing boat 1931, still extant 1933
Alexander McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island
27 January 1919US Coast Guard as USCGC Johansson 21 October 1919Never commissioned in US Navy
Sold 27 December 1922
Fishing boat Waltham II 1931
Alexander McDonald
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island
4 February 1919Sold 1 June 1921Never commissioned in US Navy
Fishing boat Beatrice K, still extant 1931
Rocky River Dry Dock Co.
Rocky River, Ohio
1 March 1919US Coast Guard as USCGC Boyce 29 October 1919Returned to US Navy 31 August 1921
Used for training on Great Lakes
To Maritime Commission for disposal 21 March 1947
Freighter Charlmar 1947, scrapped 1961
Matthews Boat
Port Clinton, Ohio
1919US Coast Guard as USCGC Cook 22 November 1919Sold 28 May 1936
Civilian Islander - re-engined with two diesel engines
To US Coast Guard 5 March 1943 as USCGC Bonneville
Sold 1946 - Civilian Victory
1952, renamed Admiral. Scrapped 1957
Howard E. Wheeler
Brooklyn, New York
3 January 1919Sold 25 February 1922.
Howard E. Wheeler
Brooklyn, New York
20 January 1919Scrapped August 1942.Used for training at US Naval Academy
Howard E. Wheeler
Brooklyn, New York
21 January 1919Sold 26 June 1922.
Howard E. Wheeler
Brooklyn, New York
-Cancelled 1918.
U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans26 August 1919Sold 29 January 1924.
U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans26 August 1919Sold 24 March 1923.
U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans-Cancelled 20 November 1918.
U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans-Cancelled 20 November 1918.
U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans-Cancelled 20 November 1918.
U.S. Naval Station, New Orleans-Cancelled 20 November 1918.