USS SC-27
Submarine Chaser No. 27 on 1 July 1918. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name |
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| Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York |
| Commissioned | 8 November 1917 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 13 or 14 November 1919 |
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Richards |
| Namesake | A crew member of the Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Tampa killed in her sinking in 1918 |
| Acquired | 13 or 14 November 1919 |
| Fate | Sold 29 January 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | SC-1-class submarine chaser |
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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 gallons (9,100 L) of gasoline; one Standard Motor Construction Company two-cylinder gasoline-powered auxiliary engine |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range | 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| 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-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.