Commissioned 27 March 1918 Fate Sold 24 June 1921 | Renamed USS SC-49 17 July 1920 Builder Brooklyn Navy Yard | |
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Name USS Submarine Chaser No. 49 (1918-1920)
USS SC-49 (1920-1920) Class and type SC-1-class submarine chaser Displacement 77 tons normal
85 tons full load | ||
USS SC-49, prior to July 1920 known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 49 and USS S.C. 49, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I.
SC-49 was a wooden-hulled 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser built at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, and was commissioned on 27 March 1918 as USS Submarine Chaser No. 49 , abbreviated at the time as USS S.C. 49.
On 26 April 1919, 26 sailors who had traveled as passengers from Cardiff, Wales, and arrived the previous evening at New York City aboard the cargo ship USS Bellingham (ID-3552) transferred from Bellingham to S.C. 49 while Bellingham was at anchor off Tompkinsville, Staten Island.
When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Submarine Chaser No. 49 was classified as SC-49 and her name was shortened to USS SC-49.
On 24 June 1921, the Navy sold SC-49 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.