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USCGC Talley (CGSC 334)
ex-USS SC-334

Call sign:
George - Cast - Have - Dog

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Oboe - Vice - Vice

Houston Pilot No. 2 call sign (1927):
Mike - Fox - Preparatory - William

Houston Pilot No. 2 call sign (1935):
King - Love - Fox - Yoke

SC-334 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard

SC-1 Class Submarine Chaser:

Built by the Barrett Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, AL

Commissioned USS SC-334, 4 March 1918

Transferred to the Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Talley (CGSC 334) 9 February 1920 at New Orleans, LA

She was sent to the Brazos River in June 1920

Sold 2 October 1922 to Stanley E. Smith of Port Lavaca, TX

Registered in 1927 to Joseph Weikerth of Houston, TX as the pilot boat Houston Pilot No. 2

Registered in 1935 to Charles O'Brien of Houston

"Old Wormie's" fate is unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 85 t.

1927 - 110 t.

Length 110'

1927 - 105.2'

Beam 14' 8.75"

1927 - 15'

Draft 5' 8"

1927 - 8'

Speed 18 kts.

Complement 27

1920 - 16

1927 - Six

Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns and one depth charge projector "Y Gun"

Propulsion: Three 220hp Standard gasoline engines, three shafts

Removed center shaft and replaced engines with two 500hp diesel engines

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS SC 334
	68k	The four inboard chasers are SC-46, SC-334, SC-110 and SC-47 Photo from "Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage" by the U.S. Navy North Sea Minesweeping Detachment	Joe Radigan
USCGC Talley (CGSC 334)
	11k	Namesake: Fireman John Edgar *Talley, USCG, a member of the torpedoed USCGC Tampa*, lost during World War I	Remember the Tampa!
Houston Pilot No. 2
	85k	Photo courtesy of the Port of Houston Authority	Houston History magazine