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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 built for the United States Navy during World War I.
![]() Submarine Chaser No. 36 is at left in this 27 November 1917 photograph of SC-1-class submarine chasers under construction at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. In the center is Submarine Chaser No. 38, and the bow of Submarine Chaser No. 39 is at right. | |
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Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
Commissioned | 23 January 1918 |
Reclassified | SC-36 on 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Sold 24 June 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) |
Draft |
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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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SC-36 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 23 January 1918 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 36, abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 36.
![]() | This section needs expansion with: SC-36's operational history from January 1918 to June 1921. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011) |
When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number 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, Pennsylvania.
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