USS SC-209
| History | |
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| United States Navy | |
| Name |
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| Builder | Mathis Yacht Building Company, Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 1917 |
| Commissioned | March 1918 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Sunk 27 August 1918 |
| Stricken | Late 1919 |
| Reclassified | SC-209 on 17 July 1920 (retrospectively) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | SC-1-class submarine chaser |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) |
| Draft |
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| Propulsion | Three 220 bhp (160 kW) Standard Motor Construction Company six-cylinder gasoline engines, three shafts, 2,400 US gal (9,100 L) of gasoline; one Standard Motor Construction Company two-cylinder gasoline-powered auxiliary engine |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 27 (2 officers, 25 enlisted men) |
| Sensors & processing systems | One Submarine Signal Company S.C. C Tube, M.B. Tube, or K Tube hydrophone |
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USS SC-209, prior to July 1920, known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 209 or USS S.C. 209, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser in commission in the United States Navy during 1918. She was the victim of the deadliest friendly fire incident involving the U.S. Navy during World War I.