SC 209: Friendly Fire

SC 209 served in the USS Patterson Group, on the Atlantic coast of the U.S. On 27 August 1918, this chaser was mistaken for a submarine, shelled and sunk by the trawler Felix Taussig.

An audio podcast episode on the sinking of SC 209 is available at In the Great War.

National Archives, RG-165WW. Thanks to Dan Treadwell for submitting the image scan.

Submarine Chaser SC 209 crew on 27 August 1918:

* CO: Lt. (j.g.) Henry J. Bowes
* XO: Ens. George Fitz Randolph

* Crowe, Collins Alwyn – MM2c
* Denney, Harry Sawyer – GM1c
** Evans, Clarence Singles – MM2c
+ Gleason, Elmer E. – MM1c
* Groves, Gordon James – S2c
* Gunderman, George Charles Jr. – MM2c
* Hasinger, Richard Coyle – QM3c
* Haskett, Leonard Alonzo – BM2c
* Hodgdon, Edwin Flavius – F3c
*** Horan, Thomas – CBM
* Hullette, Frank Reamer – SC1c
+ Kalmey, Claude A. – QM3c
* Keihn , Frederick William – MM1c
+ Kirby, Elmer S. – E2c
* Patterson, Frank Moore Jr. – MM2c
* Peverill, Harold – MM2c
* Schroder, Casper Garrett – SC3c
* Sheehan, Irwin John – Oiler
+ Thomas, Charles M. – S
* Treacy, Charles Morrow – E3c (R)
* McBride, John Alexander – QM1c
+ Wiegand, George B – QM1c
*** Wilde, Claude – MM1c
Corcoran, R. A. – MM2c –listed in a newspaper account as a survivor, but does not appear in the USN lists.

* Killed in shelling of 27 August 1918
** Injured in shelling. Died 29 August 1918 on board USS Comfort
*** Injured in shelling of 27 August, but survived
+ Uninjured