 Submarine Chaser No. 26 around the time of her commissioning. She still mounts a Hotchkiss gun forward; it was soon replaced.
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| History | |
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| Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
| Commissioned | 19 October 1917 |
| Reclassified | SC-26 on 17 July 1920 |
| Fate | Sold 20 July 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | SC-1-class submarine chaser |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) |
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| Propulsion | Three 220 bhp (160 kW) Standard Motor Construction Company six-cylinder gasoline engines, three shafts, 2,400 US gallons (9,100 L) of gasoline; one Standard Motor Construction Company two-cylinder gasoline-powered auxiliary engine |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range | 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 27 (2 officers, 25 enlisted men) |
| Sensors and processing systems | One Submarine Signal Company S.C. C Tube, M.B. Tube, or K Tube hydrophone |
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USS SC-26, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 26 or USS S.C. 26, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during the First World War.
SC-26 was a wooden-hulled 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser built at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York. She was commissioned on 19 October 1917 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 26, abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 26.
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When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Submarine Chaser No. 26 was classified as SC-26 and her name was shortened to USS SC-26.
On 20 July 1921, the Navy sold SC-26 to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Legacy
The USS SC-1-class submarine chasers, including USS SC-26, represented a significant advancement in the U.S. Navy's approach to anti-submarine warfare. While many of these vessels had short service lives due to rapid technological advancements, their contributions laid the groundwork for future developments in naval warfare and submarine detection techniques.
See Also
- SC-1-class submarine chaser
- U.S. Navy submarine chasers in World War I
- List of United States Navy ships
References
- U.S. Naval Historical Center records
- Navy Department Library archives
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.- NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-26
- The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great War Hull number: SC-26
- The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great War Hull: Hotchkiss and Davis Deck Guns
- Woofenden, Todd A. Hunters of the Steel Sharks: The Submarine Chasers of World War I. Bowdoinham, Maine: Signal Light Books, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9789192-0-7.
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