Submarine chaser SC 247 was commissioned on 20 March, 1918 in New York, and performed patrols along the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and Canada.

• First photo: SC 247 is shown here with White Star Line's RMS Olympic. Courtesy of Jeurgen Beining.
• Second photo: SC 247 underway. Courtesy of Mary Jo Telenson, whose grandfather, Raymond Seitz, served on this chaser.