SC-2
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Class overview | |
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Operators | |
Built | 1917–1919 |
Planned | 448 |
Completed | 441 |
Cancelled | 7 |
Lost | 9 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine chaser |
Displacement | 85 tons full load, 77 tons normal load |
Length |
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Beam | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) |
Draft | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Propulsion | Three 220 bhp (160 kW) gasoline engines, 2400 gallons fuel |
Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h) |
Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement | 27 |
Sensors and processing systems | One Submarine Signal Company S.C. C Tube, M.B. Tube, or K Tube hydrophone |
Armament |
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The SC-1 class 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 boats built from 1917 to 1919.