Submarine chaser SC 275 was commissioned at Mare Island on 30 March, 1918. This chaser served on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the U.S. After the war it was sold to the U.S. Army.

Photograph of submarine chaser SC 275. T. Woofenden Collection.

Crewmen on subchaser SC 292. Shows the detail of the chain guide and the pipe fitting leading to the chain locker.

Photograph of SC 292. Collection of William B. May. Thanks to Penny Thompson, his daughter, for submitting the photo scan.

Submarine chaser SC 277 was commissioned at Mare Island on 9 April, 1918, and was assigned to the Second Naval District.

Photograph of submarine chaser SC 277. T. Woofenden Collection.

Ralph Edwin Long served as a radio electrician on submarine chaser SC 299.

This photo set comes from his collection, now held by his nephew, Robert DeBow. Russ Lloyd contacted Mr. DeBow, and generously took the time to scan the collection and submit it to The Subchaser Archives.

The set includes photos from the Panama Canal zone, from ports on both coasts, and many photos of life aboard a chaser.

Submarine chaser SC 299 was built at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. The chaser was commissioned at Puget Sound on 25 April 1918, and during the war was assigned to the Fifth Naval District.

A war time photo of SC 299. Note the bearing indicator under canvas on the flying bridge, and the K-Tube reel, also under canvas, forward of the pilot house on the port side.

The U.S. built a total of 100 WWI subchasers of the wooden, 110' type for the French navy. Of these, 98 completed the voyage overseas to become part of the French navy fleet during the war.

These chasers were initially assigned a typical U.S. hull number, which was changed to a French hull number for service in the French navy. These new hull numbers were of the series C 1, C 2, up to C 98

Several incidents took place during the voyage overseas of the French chasers:

SC 309 and SC 310 served in Alaskan waters, during and after the war. A short New York Times article dated 21 June 1919 reports the following: "JUNEAU, Alaska, June 21. - Submarine Chaser SC 310 was ordered by Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., to the vicinity of Yukutat Village to quell a reported native uprising today..."

These are two photos of SC 310 in Alaska.

SC 310, view taken from the gunboat USS Vicksburg on 1 April 1919 in Juneau, Alaska.

Ens. George Perley Morse served as commanding officer of submarine chaser SC 227.

SC 227 was a wing boat in Unit F in the Otranto Barrage, based at Corfu, Greece (Base 25). This was one of the chasers that participated in the second excursion to the enemy submarine base at Durazzo, Albania.

On 2 October 1918 a group of chasers were involved in the bombardment of Durazzo; then on 11 October 1918 a second group took part in a follow-up mission, finding the base abandoned.

Submarine chaser SC 148 was assigned to Base 27, Plymouth, Enland, under the command of Ens. John P. Morse, USNRF.

Collection of the National Wold War One Museum, Kansas City, MO. Thanks to Jonathan Casey for submitting the photo scan.

Submarine chaser SC 143 was assigned to Base 27, Plymouth England, under the command of Ens. Alexander Moffat. Moffat wrote about his experiences on the chaser in the book, Maverick Navy.

Photograph of submarine chaser SC 143. Collection of the National World War One Museum, Kansas City, MO. Thanks to Jonathan Casey for submitting the photo scan.