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Subchaser Stories — Main Page Accounts of the men, the vessels, and the war. The documents are sorted into three categories. Use the menu (on the left, or the similar menu below) to select a category.Use the links at the bottom of any page to leaf through a document or the entire section, page-by-page...
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Submarine chaser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Welcome to Splinter Fleet, a web site devoted exclusively to the wooden SC Subchaser, the smallest commissioned warship of the U. S. Navy during World Wars I and II. ... Once a subchaser detected the presence of a U boat with its sonar equipment it had a big advantage. The subchaser could attack with depth charges.
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Describes the wooden SC Subchaser, the smallest commissioned warship of the U. S. Navy during World War I. ... Roosevelt invoked naval architects to come up with a suitable design for a subchaser made of wood. The idea was to build them quickly in small boatyards, using people with the necessary skills in wooden...
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110-FOOT, WOOD HULL SUBCHASER (SC) ... WORLD WAR II SUBCHASER PROGRAM ... The 110-foot, wood-hulled, World War II Subchaser (SC), can trace its origin back to the World War I "Splinter Fleet." Like its predecessor, the SC was designed primarily for off-shore patrols and Anti-submarine warfare (ASW).
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This subchaser and its crew had a distinct part, not heretofore chronicled, to play in the Pacific Theatre, and, typical of subchaser crews, they handled their tasks with such skill that on one memorable occasion they were personally commended by their task force commander, Rear Admiral T. S. Wilkinson.
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Captain Frederick B. Wrege's "EFFORT III" from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY circa 1935. The "EFFORT III" was a converted World War I US Navy subchaser (the "SC-122") that was built in 1917 at Norfolk, VA. Captain Wrege purchased the boat in 1927 and converted her for party boat fishing.
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World War II Sub-Chaser ... ; During World War II, the focus of the wartime navy was on giant aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers. The relatively small wooden sub-chasers did not receive much attention. Manned largely by reservists, these ships of the splinter fleet remained relatively ... Yet these 110-foot warships,
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SC-531 SUBCHASER SITE Dedicated to the Crewmembers of WWII Subchaser SC-531; SC-531 Crew * ... Commanding WWII Subchasers; SOME OF PORTS, ATOLLS, ISLANDS, ETC. SC-531 VISITED; SHIPS (partial list) MENTIONED IN SC-531 LOG; GREAT SUBCHASER SITES...
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