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When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern [[Hull classification symbol|hull number]] system on 17 July 1920, ''Submarine Chaser No. 18'' was classified as SC-18 and her name was shortened to USS ''SC-18''. |
When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern [[Hull classification symbol|hull number]] system on 17 July 1920, ''Submarine Chaser No. 18'' was classified as SC-18 and her name was shortened to USS ''SC-18''. |
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Sometime in 1920, the Navy transferred ''SC-18'' to the [[United States Department of War]] for service with the [[United States Army]] |
Sometime in 1920, the Navy transferred ''SC-18'' to the [[United States Department of War]] for service with the [[United States Army]]. |
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The USS SC-18 had the following dimensions: |
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* Length: 34 m |
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* Beam: 4.5 m |
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The USS SC-18 served both the U.S. Navy and Army. It had the call sign "Nan - Oboe - Boy - King". |
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== References == |
== References == |
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
| Commissioned | 10 November 1917 |
| Reclassified | SC-18 on 17 July 1920 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Department of War 1920 |
| 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-18, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 18 or USS S.C. 18, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
SC-18 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 10 November 1917 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 18, abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 18.
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When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Submarine Chaser No. 18 was classified as SC-18 and her name was shortened to USS SC-18.
Sometime in 1920, the Navy transferred SC-18 to the United States Department of War for service with the United States Army.
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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-18
- 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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