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USS SC-44
USS ''SC-44'', until July 1920 known as USS ''Submarine Chaser No. 44'' or USS ''S.C. 44'', was an SC-1 class submarine chaser, ''SC-1''-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. ''SC-44'' was a wooden-Hull (watercraft), hulled 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser built at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. She was Ship commissioning, commissioned on 3 April 1918 as USS ''Submarine Chaser No. 44'', abbreviated at the time as USS ''S.C. 44''. When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern Hull classification symbol, hull number system on 17 July 1920, ''Submarine Chaser No. 44'' was classified as SC-44 and her name was shortened to USS ''SC-44''. On 24 June 1921, the Navy sold ''SC-44'' to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. References * NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-44The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarine Chaser
A submarine chaser or subchaser is a small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. Many of the American submarine chasers used in World War I found their way to Allied nations by way of Lend-Lease in World War II. Submarine chaser variants U.S. Navy submarine chasers were designed specifically to destroy German submarines in World War I, and Japanese and German submarines in World War II. The small SC-1-class submarine chasers of the design used in World War I carried the hull designator SC (for Submarine Chaser). Their main weapon was the depth charge. They also carried machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. The similar-sized SC-497-class was built for World War II. Also in World War II, larger PC-461-class submarine chasers used the PC hull classification symbol (for Patrol, Coastal).Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 71, 152-154 Class relationships: * 438 (98t, wooden hull) * 343 (450t, steel hull) * 68 (850t, steel hull) ** used in similar ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |