USS SC-142
{{Short description|WWI US submarine chaser}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|France}} |Ship country=France |Ship name=SC-142 |Ship builder=Rocky River Dry Dock Co, Rocky River, Ohio |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1917 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Unknown |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|SC-1|submarine chaser|1}} |Ship displacement=75 tRadigan. |Ship length={{convert|110|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|13|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|6|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed={{convert|18|kn|km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance={{convert|1000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} |Ship armament=
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USS SC-142, sometimes styled as either Submarine Chaser No. 142 or S.C.-142, was an {{sclass|SC-1|submarine chaser}} built for the United States Navy during World War I. Upon completion, she was transferred to the French Navy.
SC-142 was built at Rocky River Dry Dock Co. in Rocky River, Ohio, probably in 1917.
On 15 April 1918 SC-142 left Bermuda in a convoy with 29 other submarine chasers, four U.S. Navy tugs, two French tugs and destroyer tender {{USS|Bridgeport|AD-10|2}}. Cruiser {{USS|Salem|CL-3|2}} and armed yacht {{USS|Wadena|SP-158|2}} performed escort duty for the convoy. On 25 April, SC-142 was taken under tow for a time by Bridgeport, and two days later, the convoy reached Ponta Delgada, Azores.Cressman.
The ultimate fate of SC-142 is unknown.
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References
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- {{cite web | last = Cressman | first = Robert J. | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b9/bridgeport-i.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060908002838/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b9/bridgeport-i.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 8, 2006 | title = Bridgeport | work = Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships | publisher = United States Navy | date = 2005-12-06 | access-date = 2008-02-29 }}
- {{cite web | url = http://www.navsource.net/archives/12/150142.htm | title = SC-142 | first = Joseph M. | last = Radigan | year = 2007 | access-date = 2008-02-29 }}
- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/sc1/sc-101-sc-200v1.htm}}
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External links
- {{navsource|12/150142|SC-142}}
{{SC-1 class submarine chasers}}
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Category:SC-1-class submarine chasers
Category:World War I patrol vessels of France
Category:World War I patrol vessels of the United States
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