USS SC-27

Submarine Chaser No. 27 on 1 July 1918.
History
United States
Name
  • USS Submarine Chaser No. 27 (1917-1919)
  • USS SC-27 (retrospectively since 1920)
BuilderNew York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Commissioned8 November 1917
FateTransferred to U.S. Coast Guard 13 or 14 November 1919
United States
NameUSCGC Richards
NamesakeA crew member of the Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Tampa killed in her sinking in 1918
Acquired13 or 14 November 1919
FateSold 29 January 1923
General characteristics
Class & typeSC-1-class submarine chaser
Displacement
  • 77 tons normal
  • 85 tons full load
Length
Beam14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
Draft
  • 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) normal
  • 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) full load
PropulsionThree 220 bhp (160 kW) Standard Motor Construction Company six-cylinder gasoline engines, three shafts, 2,400 US gallons (9,100 L) of gasoline; one Standard Motor Construction Company two-cylinder gasoline-powered auxiliary engine
Speed18 knots (33 km/h)
Range1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement27 (2 officers, 25 enlisted men)
Sensors &
processing systems
One Submarine Signal Company S.C. C Tube, M.B. Tube, or K Tube hydrophone
Armament

USS SC-27, during her service life known as USS Submarine Chaser No. 27 or USS S.C. 27, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. She later served in the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Richards.