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Photo # NH 99718:  USS SC-353 alongside USS Hannibal, off Cuba during the 1920s

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USS SC-353 (1918-1936)

USS SC-353, a 110-foot SC-1 class submarine chaser built at College Point, New York, was commissioned in March 1918. In October 1918, following initial service along the U.S. East Coast, she voyaged across the Atlantic to begin operations in the waters between the Azores and Europe. SC-353 returned to the U.S. sometime after the November 1918 Armistice. In mid-1920 she received the hull number PC-353, but kept the name Submarine Chaser 353 (generally shortened to S.C. 353). Out of commission after June 1920, she was briefly put up for sale in mid-1922 but later in that year went back into service for surveying duty in Cuban waters, operating with USS Hannibal (AG-1). USS S.C. 353 was stricken from the Navy list in August 1935 and sold in March 1936.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS SC-353.

For additional photographs concerning SC-353's Caribbean area surveying activities, see:

  • LeRoy R. Horstman's USS Hannibal Photo Album.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 99718

    USS SC-353


    Alongside USS Hannibal (AG-1) off the Isle of Pines, Cuba, while conducting survey operations during the 1920s.
    Three of Hannibal's steam launches are also present.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99713

    USS SC-353
    , left,
    and
    USS SC-223

    "Falling in formation to be towed", seen from USS Hannibal (AG-1) during the 1920s. The two submarine chasers worked with Hannibal on survey operations in Cuban waters.
    Tug in the left background is USS Nausett (YT-35).

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99711

    USS SC-353
    , left,
    and
    USS SC-223

    Seen from USS Hannibal (AG-1) during the 1920s, while they were assisting with survey operations in Cuban waters.
    Tug in the left background is USS Nausett (YT-35).

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 580 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99714

    USS SC-353
    , left,
    and
    USS SC-223

    Alongside a dock at Key West, Florida, during the 1920s. USS Hannibal (AG-1) is partially visible in the background.
    Note navigation buoy on the dock.
    The two submarine chasers were then working with Hannibal on survey operations in Cuban waters.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99742

    U.S. Navy Submarine Chasers


    In an Azores harbor with other ships of the U.S. and foreign navies, circa October 1918.
    The six subchasers in the left center of the view, with bows to the camera, are (from left to right): SC-223, SC-330, SC-180, SC-353, SC-331 and (probably) SC-356. Ships nested with them, to the right, include a "bird" type minesweeper and two converted yacht patrol vessels.

    Collection of George K. Beach, who was a crewmember of USS SC-331 at the time.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 430 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99721

    USS SC-353


    Standing by a damaged Aeromarine 40 flying boat (Bureau # A-5066) in the Gulf of Bacabano, Cuba, 25 May 1923. A boat from USS Hannibal (AG-1) is also present.
    This aircraft was assigned to assist Hannibal in survey work in Cuban waters. It had hit something on the water or broken a hole in its hull by hitting a wave. The accident left the plane's wings and hull unfit for further use and it was subsequently stricken from the list of Navy aircraft. Pilot was Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John H. Hykes, USN.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99701

    USS Hannibal
    (AG-1)

    In the Caribbean area during the early 1920s, with two submarine chasers and a barge alongside.
    Outboard subchaser is USS SC-353 and the other is probably USS SC-223. Both worked with Hannibal on survey work.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99788

    USS SC-353


    Officers and Crew, photographed on board Submarine Chaser 353, probably at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa January-April 1919.

    Collection of George K. Beach, who was a crewmember of USS SC-331 at the time.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     


    USS SC-353 may be present in the following photograph:

    Photo #: NH 99717

    USS Hannibal
    (AG-1)

    Ship's steam launches tied up to a submarine chaser, alongside Hannibal, while conducting surveys in Cuban waters during the 1920s.
    The subchaser (at extreme left) is either SC-223 or SC-353.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     

    For additional photographs concerning SC-353's Caribbean area surveying activities, see:

  • LeRoy R. Horstman's USS Hannibal Photo Album.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 19 November 2004
    New image added 6 December 2004