Interior views are always of particular interest, as very few photos of chaser interior spaces exist. Recently posted is a set of four interior views showing the service of SC 254, a chaser that we have seen in other sets already. (See the Freeman Collection and the Unit 21 Collection.)

This set includes a nice engine room photo, and a couple of interesting views of the forward crew's quarters, one of which shows a small heating stove installed in the space. In the winter of 1917-1918, as the chaser crews were training in New London, CT, they suffered through the coldest winter on record. Before more extensive heating apparatus could be installed, these little stoves helped keep the crew's quarters a bit closer to livable.

Recently posted is a nice shot of SC 48 crewman William Matthews, MM2c.

Through the open door to the pilot house we see another crewman seated on the chart table.

Among the later duties of submarine chasers was the work of helping to clear the North Sea of minefields after the war.

The duties of the mine force and later minesweeping force are memorialized by a monument placed in Boston Common, showing a Mark VI mine, one of the American electronically-triggered mines that made the construction of the extensive mine barrage possible.

Just started is a collection of images pertaining to the Boston Mine Memorial, including a photo of the monument from a journal of the minesweeping association, and some documents on the dedication and ceremonies at the monument.

Frequently there were cooperative efforts among aircraft and antisumbarine vessels in tracking and attacking U-boats. We are used to seeing roundels on aircraft. This collection shows roundels painted on chasers, for the purpose of allowing Allied aircraft to identify them during ASW operations.

In most cases, the roundels were painted on the deck forward of the pilot house, around and over the anchors -- presumably because this area was one of the only spaces not normally occupied by guns, depth charge launchers or other equipment.

New to this collection is a curious photograph, showing a roundel painted on the wherry canvas of a chaser. Not a bad idea!

Just added to the Hull Numbers collection:
SC 111, built at Charleston.

Recently posted is a set of crew photos from a crewman who served on SC 259, which was stationed at Plymouth, England during the war.

This is one of the chasers that toured the area after the war, as the US Navy made an effort to sell some of the boats overseas instead of bringing them back to the US.