USS ''SC-36'', until July 1920 known as USS ''Submarine Chaser No. 36'' or USS ''S.C. 36'', was an
''SC-1''-class 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.
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built for the
United States Navy
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during
World War I
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''SC-36'' was a wooden-
hulled
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110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser built at the
New York Navy Yard
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at
Brooklyn
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New York
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. She was
commissioned on 23 January 1918 as USS ''Submarine Chaser No. 36'', abbreviated at the time as USS ''S.C. 36''.
When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern
hull number
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system on 17 July 1920, ''Submarine Chaser No. 36'' was classified as SC-36 and her name was shortened to USS ''SC-36''.
On 24 June 1921, the Navy sold ''SC-36'' to
Joseph G. Hitner of
Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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References
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NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-36The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great War Hull number: SC-36* Woofenden, Todd A. ''Hunters of the Steel Sharks: The Submarine Chasers of World War I''. Bowdoinham, Maine: Signal Light Books, 2006. .
SC-1-class submarine chasers
World War I patrol vessels of the United States
Ships built in Brooklyn
1918 ships
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