USS ''SC-40'', until July 1920 known as USS ''Submarine Chaser No. 40'' or USS ''S.C. 40'', 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-40'' was a wooden-
hulled 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 13 February 1918 as USS ''Submarine Chaser No. 40'', abbreviated at the time as USS ''S.C. 40''.
In 1919, ''Submarine Chaser No. 40'' participated in
North Sea
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minesweeping operations to clear the
North Sea Mine Barrage
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after World War I.
When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern
hull number system on 17 July 1920, ''Submarine Chaser No. 40'' was classified as SC-40 and her name was shortened to USS ''SC-40''.
On 14 October 1924, the Navy sold ''SC-40'' to the
Florida Boat Company
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of
Washington, D.C.
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References
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NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-40The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great War Hull number: SC-40* 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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