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SC-4



Call sign:
NOBC
Nan - Oboe - Boy - Fox
Visual call letters:
BS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal
SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:
  • Built by Naval Station, New Orleans, LA
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned SC-4, 19 February 1918
  • Assigned to the Special Hunting Squadron, USS Salem (Scout Cruiser No. 3) Group, against German submarines in the Gulf of Mexico, based at Key West, Florida
  • Postwar assigned to Seventh Naval District
  • Sold to David A. Clarkson, Nassau, Bahamas, 19 March 1920
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Hull Wood
    Displacement 85 tons
    Length 110; 0" overall
    Beam 14' 8.75"
    Draft 5' 8"
    Speed 18 knots
    Complement 27
    Armament
    one 3"/23 gun
    two .30 cal machine guns
    one "Y Gun" depth charge projector
    Propulsion
    three Standard gasoline engines
    three shafts, 660hp
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SC-4
    1215000401    		 91k Launching Joe Radigan
    SC-4
    1215000402    		 109k Underway, circa 1918.
    Photo from the Heritage House Collection, donated by the Campbell, Poirier and Pound families, courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries    		 Robert Hurst
    SC-1
    1215000102    		 124k Moored inboard of SC-1 at Charleston, SC, exact date unknown.
    Photo from the collection of subchaser crewman Benjamin Lihue (Hugh) Gray. Thanks to his grandson, Gary McGraw    		 The Subchaser Archives
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Harold Leslie Rice, USNRF1918
    02ENS Eugene Thomas Auger, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler
    There is no DANFS history available for SC-4
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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    This page was created by Joseph M. Radigan and is maintained by David L. Wright
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    Last Updated 31 October 2025