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{{Short description|US Navy anti-submarine warfare ship}}
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|Ship image=USS SC-43 at Annapolis.jpg
|Ship caption=USS ''SC-43'' at [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]], [[Maryland]], in 1920.
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1918}}
|Ship name=*USS ''Submarine Chaser No. 43'' (1918-1920)
*USS ''SC-43'' (1920-1921)
|Ship builder=[[New York Navy Yard]], [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
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|Ship commissioned=16 May 1918
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|Ship reclassified=SC-43 on 17 July 1920
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|Ship fate=Sold 24 June 1921
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|Ship class=[[SC-1 class submarine chaser|''SC-1''-class]] [[submarine chaser]]
|Ship displacement=*77 [[Displacement (ship)|tons]] normal
*85 tons full load
|Ship length=*{{convert|110|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|overall]]
*{{convert|105|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[between perpendiculars]]
|Ship beam={{convert|14|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft=*{{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} normal
*{{convert|6|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} full load
|Ship propulsion=Three {{convert|220|bhp|abbr=on}} [[Standard Motor Construction Company]] six-[[Cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] [[gasoline engine]]s, three shafts, {{convert|2400|USgal|L}} of [[gasoline]]; one Standard Motor Construction Company two-cylinder gasoline-powered auxiliary engine

|Ship speed={{convert|18|kn|km/h}}
|Ship range={{convert|1,000|nmi|km}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h}}
|Ship complement=27 (2 [[Commissioned officer|officers]], 25 [[enlisted men]])
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* 1 × [[3"/23 caliber gun|3-inch (76.2 mm)/23-caliber]] [[gun mount]]
* 2 × [[Colt Manufacturing Company|Colt]] .30 caliber (7.62 mm) [[machine gun]]s
* 1 × [[depth charge projector|Y-gun depth charge projector]]

|Ship sensors=One [[Submarine Signal Company]] [[S.C. C Tube]], [[M.B. Tube]], or [[K Tube]] [[hydrophone]]
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[[Image:USS SC-43 and USS SC-44 under construction.jpg|300px|thumb|{{center|The [[submarine chaser]]s ''S.C. 43'' (left) and [[USS SC-44|''S.C. 44'']] (right) under construction at the [[New York Navy Yard]] in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], on 4 February 1918.}}]]
'''USS ''SC-43''''', until July 1920 known as '''USS ''Submarine Chaser No. 43''''' or '''USS ''S.C. 43''''', was an [[SC-1 class submarine chaser|''SC-1''-class]] [[submarine chaser]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War I]].

''SC-43'' was a wooden-[[Hull (watercraft)|hulled]] 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser built at the [[New York Navy Yard]] at [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 16 May 1918 as USS ''Submarine Chaser No. 43'', abbreviated at the time as USS ''S.C. 43''.

{{expand section|''SC-43''{{'}}s operational history from May 1918 to June 1921|date=February 2011}}

When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern [[Hull classification symbol|hull number]] system on 17 July 1920, ''Submarine Chaser No. 43'' was classified as SC-43 and her name was shortened to USS ''SC-43''.

On 24 June 1921, the Navy sold ''SC-43'' to [[Joseph G. Hitner]] of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].

== References ==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/sc1/sc-1-sc-100v1.htm}}
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/150043.htm NavSource Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-43]
* [http://www.subchaser.org/sc43 The Subchaser Archives: The History of U.S. Submarine Chasers in the Great War Hull number: SC-43]
* Woofenden, Todd A. ''Hunters of the Steel Sharks: The Submarine Chasers of World War I''. Bowdoinham, Maine: Signal Light Books, 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-9789192-0-7}}.

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[[Category:SC-1-class submarine chasers]]
[[Category:World War I patrol vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in Brooklyn]]
[[Category:1918 ships]]


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