USS SC-48
USS ''SC-48'', sometimes styled as either ''Submarine Chaser No. 48'' or ''S.C.-48'', was an built for the United States Navy during World War I. Like most members of her class, she was not named and known only by her designation. ''SC-48'' was built at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York in 1918. She was commissioned 27 March 1918. On 28 June 1918 ''SC-48'' left New London, Connecticut in a convoy with 17 other submarine chasers, destroyer tender , and several other vessels, bound for France via Bermuda and the Azores. At 06:40 on 5 August, as the convoy neared the Ushant lighthouse, Light, ''SC-48'' spotted a torpedo wake headed for ''Bridgeport'' and sounded the alarm. ''Bridgeport''’s evasive action avoided the torpedo, and, despite reports of a periscope sighting, no submarine was ever located or sunk. ''SC-48'' served with sister ships and in Unit 20 of Division 21, and was based in Plymouth and Cobh, Queenstown during the war. ...
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USS Panther
Two vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS ''Panther''. * The first was the former ''Austin'', an auxiliary cruiser. It was redesignated AD-6. * The second USS SC-1470, USS ''Panther'' (IX-105) was the former submarine chaser USS ''SC-1470''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Panther United States Navy ship names ...
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