Hull Number: SC 83

Submarine chaser SC 83 served from the subchaser base at Plymouth, England. This photo was included in a celebratory pamphlet dated 18 May 1918. This was the day on which SC 83 departed the subchaser base at New London, Connecticut and started the journey overseas.

The large characters on the starboard side (aft of the hull number) are convoy markings, used to indicate the position of the chaser in a convoy.

Photograph of submarine chaser SC 83, courtesy of Jane Kingsbury Burne, daughter of SC 83 radio electrician Roger Kingsbury.