USS SC-131

Photo from the 24 August 1919 edition of the New York Times
History
France
Name	SC-131
Builder	Rocky River Dry Dock Co. Rocky River, Ohio
Launched	1917
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	SC-1-class submarine chaser
Displacement	75 t
Length	110 ft (34 m)
Beam	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Draft	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Propulsion	3 × 660 hp (490 kW) Standard gasoline engines 3 shafts
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h)
Endurance	1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	26
Armament	1 × 3"/23 caliber gun mount 3 × .30 caliber machine guns 1 × Y gun depth charge projector

USS SC-131, sometimes styled as either Submarine Chaser No. 131 or S.C.-131, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. Was the first U.S. Vessel to enter the Austro-German base at Cattaro after the signing of the armistice.[1] On December 22, 1918 the ship left in a convoy from Corfu to Malta.[2]

Bermuda to New York race

Captained by Lieutenant commander Joseph L. Day won the Bermuda to New York race in 56 hours and 56 minutes beating the former record by 8 hours and 43 minutes.[3] [4] [5] The race was between six submarine Chasers 90, 129, 131, 217, 224, 351.[6] During the race one ship had mechanical difficulties when USS SC 129 broke a crankshaft and with only two engines was disqualified under the race rules.[7]

Notes

1. Naval History and Heritage Command 2019.
2. Blazich 2019.
3. Motor Boating 1919, p. 7.
4. South Bend News-Times 2019, p. 1.
5. Nutting 1920, pp. 128–138.
6. Nutting 1920, p. 128.
7. Nutting 1920, p. 135.

References

• Blazich, Frank A. Jr. (2019). "United States Navy and World War I: 1914–1922". US Navy. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
• Motor Boating (October 1919). "Bermuda to New York on the Winning Chaser". Motor Boating Magazine Vol. 24, No. 4. p. 98. ISSN 1531-2623. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
• Naval History and Heritage Command (2019). "NH 42587 USS SC-131 (1917-1921)". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
• Nutting, William Washburn (1920). The Cinderellas of the Fleet. Jersey City, N.J., The Standard motor construction co. ISBN 9780344351761. - Total pages: 184
• South Bend News-Times (2019). "Sub-Chaser Sets New Record". South Bend News-Times. South Bend, Indiana: News-Times Print. Co. pp. 1–12. ISSN 2377-7095. OCLC 15568606. Retrieved August 23, 2019.