USS SC-277

USS SC-277, sometimes styled as either Submarine Chaser No. 277 or S.C.-277, was an SC-1-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I. Like most members of her class, she was not named and known only by her designation.

History
United States
Name	USS SC-277
Builder	Mare Island Navy Yard Mare Island, California
Launched	31 July 1917[1]
Commissioned	9 April 1918
Decommissioned	15 June 1922[1]
Fate	Sold on 25 September 1922; Ultimate fate unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	SC-1-class submarine chaser
Displacement	85 t[1]
Length	110 ft (34 m)[1]
Beam	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)[1]
Draft	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Propulsion	3 × 660 hp (490 kW) Standard gasoline engines 3 shafts[1]
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Endurance	1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)[1]
Complement	27[1]
Armament	1 × 3"/23 caliber gun mount 3 × .30 caliber machine guns 1 × Y gun depth charge projector[1]

SC-277 was laid down at the Mare Island Navy Yard at Mare Island, California; launched on 31 July 1917; and commissioned 9 April 1918. The sub chaser conducted three trials between 11 April and 1 May, and on 3 May departed Mare Island.^[1]

While at Ponta Delgada, Azores, SC-277 received a repair party from destroyer tender Bridgeport on or after 30 April 1918.^[2]

On 17 July 1920 SC-277 received, as part of the new U.S. Navy letter-number scheme, the hull designation of PC-277.^[3] She returned to Mare Island on 17 October 1920.^[1]

SC-277 was decommissioned on 15 June 1922 and sold on 25 September 1922 to M. Levin & Sons of San Francisco, California. Her ultimate fate is unknown.^[1]