USS SC-277

USS SC-277, sometimes styled as either Submarine Chaser No. 277 or S.C.-277, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser 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.

History
United States
Name: USS SC-277
Builder:
Launched: 31 July 1917[1]
Commissioned: 9 April 1918
Decommissioned: 15 June 1922[1]
Fate: Sold on 25 September 1922; Ultimate fate unknown
General characteristics
Class and type: SC-1-class submarine chaser
Displacement: 85 t[1]
Length: 110 ft (34 m)[1]
Beam: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)[1]
Draft: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Propulsion:
  • 3 × 660 hp (490 kW) Standard gasoline engines
  • 3 shafts[1]
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Endurance: 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)[1]
Complement: 27[1]
Armament:

SC-277 was laid down at the Mare Island Navy Yard at Mare Island, California; launched on 31 July 1917; and commissioned 9 April 1918. The sub chaser conducted three trials between 11 April and 1 May, and on 3 May departed Mare Island.[1]

While at Ponta Delgada, Azores, SC-277 received a repair party from destroyer tender Bridgeport on or after 30 April 1918.[2]

On 17 July 1920 SC-277 received, as part of the new U.S. Navy letter-number scheme, the hull designation of PC-277.[3] She returned to Mare Island on 17 October 1920.[1]

SC-277 was decommissioned on 15 June 1922 and sold on 25 September 1922 to M. Levin & Sons of San Francisco, California. Her ultimate fate is unknown.[1]

Notes
  1. Radigan, SC-277.
  2. Cressman.
  3. Radigan, Submarine chasers…

References
  • Cressman, Robert J. (2005-12-06). "Bridgeport". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. United States Navy. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  • Radigan, Joseph M. (2007). "SC-277". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  • Radigan, Joseph M. (2007). "Submarine Chasers (SC) and (PC), Patrol Craft Escort (PCE), Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue) - (PCE(R), Patrol Craft Sweepers (PCS)". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  • This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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