Commissioned 18 October 1917 Builder Brooklyn Navy Yard | Reclassified SC-20 on 17 July 1920 | |
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Name USS Submarine Chaser No. 20 (1917-1920)
USS SC-20 (1920) Fate Transferred to United States Department of War 1920 Class and type SC-1-class submarine chaser Displacement 77 tons normal
85 tons full load | ||
USS SC-20, until July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 20 or USS S.C. 20, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
SC-17 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 18 October 1917 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 20, abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 20.
S.C. 20 was assigned to the Third Naval District for patrol duties during World War I.
When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Submarine Chaser No. 20 was classified as SC-20 and her name was shortened to USS SC-20.
Sometime in 1920, the Navy transferred SC-20 to the United States Department of War for service with the United States Army.